2022.02.25 Plant-based Buzz with Bob Ratnarajah

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Here are the top 3 global and ANZ stories in this week's plant-based buzz.
🌎 Yet another study finds the benefits of eating whole food plant-based can increase our longevity by ten years! And even if you start later in life, it can still help. What's the secret? Pulses, nuts and wholegrain and replacing red meat.
www.greenqueen...
🌎 Another $100M investment this week, with cultivated seafood start-up WildType scoring investments from celebrities and alternate protein advocates like Temasek.
www.businesswi...
🌍 One of the largest food multinationals, Kraft Heinz and plant-based unicorn NotCO, joins forces to develop a global plant-based AI portfolio. This follows Unilever, and Nestle's announcement last week.
www.greenqueen...
In ANZ,
🌏 Fenn Foods and hired a talented quality CEO from the FMCG industry.
insidefmcg.com...
🌏 Better Bite VC launches publicly with $15M in funds. An alternate protein VC strictly focussing on APAC region and alternate proteinsAPAC = to help promote early-stage alternate protein start-ups, pre-seed to seed rounds.
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🌏 Eight Day foods, a lupin protein launched in Australia, closes $1M seed round raise in two days!
vegconomist.co...
Some sour news - which is The Australian Senate hearing has delivered their recommendations for meat labelling laws. Almost all the recommendations are against the growing plant-based and alternate protein sector.
If you are a medium or small business, who is representing you right now?
We'll be covering this topic in the next week's plant-based buzz.
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