Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Tindle Foods’s premium vegan chicken, Mena Massoud’s Evolving Vegan series, and Meatable’s leadership change.
New products and launches
Swedish oat milk giant Oatly has introduced a new barista edition product specifically designed for automatic espresso machines. The BaristaMatic product prevents stratification in the milk container, and is available exclusively for foodservice.
French plant-based meat startup La Vie has launched Apero Veggie, a line of vegan croquettes in bacon and ham flavours.
In Spain, Heura Foods has unveiled Daditos, a diced protein SKU that can be eaten hot or cold. They’re available at retailers like Alcampo, Caprabo, Eroski, BonPreuEsclat, and Hiperber.
British tempeh brand Tiba Tempeh has rolled out its products in over 1,000 Lidl stores nationwide, where it’s selling for £1.99 per 200g or 220g pack.
The Tofoo Co, the UK’s largest tofu brand, has reintroduced its frozen range in tempura and Straight to Walk variants – the latter comprises sweet chilli and soy-ginger flavours. They’re available at Tesco stores for £3.75 each.
Swedish pea milk maker Sproud is the latest to hop on the matcha trend, debuting a low-sugar matcha drink with 2.5% pea protein and 0.7% matcha powder in the UK. It’s available on its website for £18.60 per six-pack.
Lancashire-based oat milk player Oato, meanwhile, has landed on online retailer Ocado, extending its reach nationwide in the UK.
Also in the UK, Karin Ridgers and Victoria Featherstone Pearce have launched Vegan Women’s Club, a community to connect plant-based women globally. It will host events, networking opportunities, and talks from inspiring vegan female leaders.
Altrofood, an Italian producer of plant-based powder mixes, has rolled out its burger, mince, meatball and egg mixes at Coop, Eurospar, and Interspar stores in Sicily, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, and Triveneto.
Spanish plant protein company Zyrcular Foods has signed an exclusive distribution partnership with Austria’s Revo Foods, which enables it to sell the latter’s mycoprotein products in Spain.
Across the Atlantic, plant-based meat startup Tindle Foods has debuted its Gourmet Chicken line of whole cuts to the US, which is available at all 13 PLNT Burger locations. Menu items include crispy chicken sandwiches, grilled chicken sandwiches, and boneless wings.
Oshi has introduced its vegan salmon at Orchard Grocer, HAAM, Willow, and Lily’s Vegan Pantry in New York City, and Subculture in Albany.
Also in New York, chef-led vegan food brand Cucina Fantasma has soft-launched its ready-to-bake Classic-ish Lasagna – made from seitan bolognese, herbed tofu ricotta, and koji-almond mozzarella – on DoorDash. Each unit costs $64.99 and serves six to eight people.
Plant-based milk leader Silk has updated its recipes in Mexico, with six essential nutrients, an improved texture, and a neutral flavour profile for various applications.
In Canada, Vivian Villa‘s shea-fat-based UnButter has gained listings at Healthy Planet Ontario, Farm Boy Ontario and Whole Foods Canada. It will be available in garlic and herb, salted, and lightly salted flavours.
And Evolving Vegan, a food and travel series hosted by Aladdin actor Mena Massoud, has begun streaming on Peacock in the US.
Company and finance updates
Speaking of TV, Californian vegan restaurant Donna Jean has featured in an episode of Guy Fieri‘s Food Network show, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
After leaving his role as CEO at Cult Food Science, Mitchell Scott has joined Canadian vegan fast-food chain Odd Burger as its head of capital markets.
Weeks after acquiring Uncommon Bio’s cultivated meat platform, Dutch startup Meatable has had a change at the top. CTO Aris de Rijke has taken over day-to-day operations from CEO Jeff Tripician, who is now the CEO of Charcuterie Artisans and remains on Meatable’s board.
Meanwhile, animal rights charity Mercy for Animals has named Arash Yomtobian as its new president, a vegan of nine years who previously held senior roles at Google, Meta and TikTok.
Singaporean food tech firm Prefer has released the results of an independent life-cycle assessment, finding that its bean-free coffee alternative has an eight times smaller carbon footprint than conventional coffee.
Research, policy and awards
A new €2.2M project co-funded by EU-backed accelerator EIT Food, called Innovative Strategies to Accelerate Adoption and Consumption of Plant-Based Food (ISAAP), aims to build strong national action plans for plant-based food in Portugal and Czechia, inspired by Denmark.
Mercedes-Benz has received the first vegan certification for its interior fittings in the GLC with EQ Technology by The Vegan Society.
Californian startup Força Foods has won the Best Plant-Based Alternative award for Milkish, its sunflower seed milk, at the 2025 StartupCPG Shelfie Awards.
In the UK, 48 companies and organisations have sent a 10-point plan to new Defra secretary Emma Reynolds and Defra minister Angela Eagle to increase the adoption of plant-rich diets and meet the goals outlined in the Good Food Cycle food strategy.
Finally, the Guardian tested out a range of vegan spreadable butters, and picked Naturli’ as the winner (it scored four out of five stars).
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