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Food
Trubar Kids adds new chocolate banana bread flavour to snack bar range
Trubar Kids adds new chocolate banana bread flavour to snack bar range

Trubar Kids, a US-based plant-based snack bar brand, has introduced a new chocolate banana bread flavour in a collaboration with film producer Illumination, inspired by its Minions film.

New products
Plant-based labelling back under the spotlight as MEPs seek to extend ban on meaty words
Plant-based labelling back under the spotlight as MEPs seek to extend ban on meaty words

The heavily debated restrictions on the use of meat-related words in the labelling of plant-based products in the European Union are once again under the spotlight, as several MEPs are seeking to widen the scope of previously agreed terms.

Food
Plant-based advocacy physician group sues US government over latest dietary guidelines
Plant-based advocacy physician group sues US government over latest dietary guidelines

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a non-profit organisation that promotes plant-based approaches to healthcare and nutrition, has filed a lawsuit against the US federal government over its 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Food
Plant-based dairy: Functionality and flexitarians drive innovation in 2026
Plant-based dairy: Functionality and flexitarians drive innovation in 2026

As the alt-dairy industry works to bolster its resilience in the face of challenges such as labelling legislation and sensory hurdles, The Plant Base takes a deep dive into the current state of the market.

Exclusives
Danone’s £864m Huel acquisition cleared by UK regulator
Danone’s £864m Huel acquisition cleared by UK regulator

The UK Competitions and Markets Authority has today (20 August 2026) cleared Danone’s £864 million acquisition of plant-based nutrition brand Huel.

Mergers & Acquisitions
GNT seeks US FDA approval for plant-based yellow safflower concentrate
GNT seeks US FDA approval for plant-based yellow safflower concentrate

Natural colour supplier GNT, producer of the plant-based Exberry range, has filed its safflower colour additive petition with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Ingredients
Start-up spotlight: Q&A with Riff Snacks
Start-up spotlight: Q&A with Riff Snacks

This time, we speak to Riff Snacks: a start-up born out of UK agri-food specialist university Harper Adams, centred around low-waste plant-based snacks made with surplus and 'wonky' ingredients.

Exclusives
Beyond Meat announces 1-for-30 reverse stock split in effort to regain compliance following delisting warning
Beyond Meat announces 1-for-30 reverse stock split in effort to regain compliance following delisting warning

Beyond Meat has announced a 1-for-30 reverse stock split of its common stock, aiming to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Food
Millow closes €2m funding round to expand clean-label protein production capacity
Millow closes €2m funding round to expand clean-label protein production capacity

Swedish food-tech start-up Millow has closed a €2 million funding round to support the expanded production capacity of its clean-label protein made from oats and mycelium.

Food
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