The Plant Base explores how this dynamic category – a frontrunner in the broader plant-based food and beverage sector – is steaming ahead in its quest to transform the modern latté.

This month, the spotlight is on Leaft Foods: a New Zealand-based food-tech innovator developing functional ingredients and consumer products made from green leaf protein.

ClonBio Foods' Declan Rooney outlines barley's potential as an ingredient poised to meet growing demand for healthy protein and fibre in baked goods and snacks.

Casein is responsible for many of the characteristics that consumers love about cheese. Could animal-free variants of this dairy protein help plant-based cheese producers to meet higher taste and texture standards?

Matthieu Bertoux, marketing director at Ingredion, and Olivia Fannon, technical service technologist for Western Europe, explain how brands can create vegan batters and breadings that satisfy on every sensory level while still meeting clean label demands.

With alt-meat industry leaders moving away from imitation while tofu and tempeh sales are going strong, could this transition toward more ‘natural’ proteins be signalling the beginning of a new era?

This month, we speak to Ibis Rice – a Cambodia-based rice company on a mission to reduce deforestation and protect endangered species while providing organic rice products to UK supermarkets.

Just Egg, the mung bean-based egg alternative that has already developed a cult following in the US, is coming to Europe. The Plant Base’s editor, Melissa Bradshaw, attended an exclusive brunch in London this week to celebrate its upcoming expansion.

With recent research showing that young men are increasing their consumption of meat, Hubbub CEO Alex Robinson explores how the plant-based food and beverage industry can appeal to this demographic.