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Danone shuts 25-year-old Silk plant as plant-based milk category splinters into winners and losers
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (404+ words) By Veg Out Editorial Team Published May 12, 2026 Edited by the Veg Out Editorial Team " Editorial standards Danone is closing its 25-year-old Bridgeton, New Jersey plant-based facility and laying off 114 workers, even as it doubles down on high-protein and ready-to-drink plant-based…...
Prodalim buys Better Juice as sugar fatigue and GLP-1 drugs rewrite the beverage playbook
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (516+ words) By Veg Out Editorial Team Published May 11, 2026 Edited by the Veg Out Editorial Team " Editorial standards Dutch juice major Prodalim has acquired Israeli food-tech startup Better Juice, whose enzymatic technology cuts fruit sugar by up to 80%. The deal reflects mounting…...
Protein's quality problem: why food makers can't agree on dairy, soy, or pea
2+ week, 6+ day ago (440+ words) Elena Santos / Apr 24, 2026 Updated AHA heart-health guidelines push harder toward plant protein just as federal dietary advice pivots the other way " and food makers are caught in the middle. The conventional read is that protein is protein. Hit your grams,…...
How Babybel's owner quietly became a serious player in US healthy snacking
3+ week, 1+ day ago (330+ words) Elena Santos / Apr 22, 2026 Bel Group, owner of Babybel, is being repositioned as a protein-forward healthy snacking brand for US shoppers " with a surprising assist from the GLP-1 boom. Part of the tailwind is structural. Coverage from Dairy Reporter frames Bel…...
If you stopped eating meat and the first thing your family said was "but what about protein" " it was never actually about protein, it's about a family trying to find a scientific-sounding reason to dismiss a decision that makes them quietly uncomfortable for reasons they haven't examined and don't intend to
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1204+ words) Avery White / Apr 22, 2026 When your aunt suddenly becomes a nutrition expert at Thanksgiving dinner, wielding protein statistics like weapons against your plant-based plate, she's not protecting your health'she's protecting herself from questions she doesn't want to ask. The fork hovered…...
Singapore just published every alt-protein it has approved, and fermentation is leading the pack
3+ week, 3+ day ago (682+ words) Elena Santos / Apr 21, 2026 Singapore's Food Agency published a complete list of 14 approved novel foods, including four cultivated meat products and seven fermentation-based ingredients " even as the country quietly deprioritizes alternative proteins in its national food strategy. So the list drops…...
India bets big on biotech to close its massive protein gap
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (162+ words) Elena Santos / Apr 7, 2026 India launched two government-backed biotech facilities to scale alternative protein production, investing $4. 5 million in a Bio Foundry Centre and opening an incubation hub that has already supported 26 startups. At Veg Out, Elena writes about sustainability, food culture,…...
India's high court just ruled that free school lunches must include protein-rich options for every child, reshaping meals for 120 million kids
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (785+ words) Adam Kelton / Mar 1, 2026 India's Supreme Court has directed that the world's largest school feeding program must include protein-rich options for 120 million children " a ruling that could reshape how governments worldwide think about nutritional adequacy in institutional meals. I've been following…...
Scientists mapped what 2 billion people will eat by 2050 and the biggest protein source isn't what you'd expect
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1039+ words) Adam Kelton / Feb 28, 2026 A sweeping new analysis modeled what two billion additional people will eat by 2050 " and the fastest-growing protein source across the Global South isn't poultry, lab-grown meat, or alt-protein burgers. It's the humble pulse. The research arrives at…...
Food security researchers are now recommending insect protein over plant-based alternatives for feeding vulnerable populations
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (64+ words) Jordan Cooper / Feb 28, 2026 A major new review recommends insect protein over plant-based alternatives for acute food insecurity settings " but the full picture is more nuanced than the headline suggests, and plant-based proteins still have a massive role to play. Feature…...