This Month
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Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Vegan chain collapses amid lack of appetite, Rich Lister dispute
Flave, started by Stuart and Samantha Cook in 2020, wanted to bring plant-based meat to the masses with a chain of vegan restaurants, but it struggled to attract customers.
- Yolanda Redrup
July
How to nail the 30-plants-a-week meal challenge
A major study found that the greater number of plants a person ate, the healthier they were. So we had a crack at it.
- Luke Benedictus
April
I hesitantly went vegan to improve my heart health. Here’s how it went
In the second week, I tried some plant-based cheese, and the bottom fell out of my soul – but by the end of the month, I had some surprising news.
- Miranda Levy
December 2023
How we overcooked the vegan business boom
Consumer tastes are changing – back to a weekly steak as more vegans understand the importance of protein – but have we really lost our appetite for fake meat?
- Eleanor Steafel
August 2023
Meet the Australian restaurateurs taking on Copenhagen
The Danish capital is famous for its extraordinary restaurants. But that hasn’t stopped two east coast surfers from staking claims on its dining scene.
- Hans van Leeuwen
July 2023
Why being ‘veganish’ will lower your cholesterol
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing when it comes to what you eat – there is an 80:20 approach to eating meat.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
March 2023
The real reasons you’re not losing weight
From nodding off in front of the TV to your smartwatch addiction, here are the surprising habits that are sabotaging your diet goals.
- Mary Comber
January 2023
The big problem with plant-based meat - the ‘meat’ part
The plant-based food industry has slumped now the novelty factor has worn off, it needs to work on making its products delicious not virtuous.
- Shannon Osaka
October 2022
HK billionaire backs Aussie fake animal fat start-up in $45m round
Nourish Ingredients is the latest Aussie company in a burgeoning group of local alternative meat start-ups to score backing from high-profile investors.
- Yolanda Redrup
June 2022
These two former Goldman bankers now run a vegan chocolate business
Kushal Choksi and his wife, Alak Vasa, were vice presidents at Goldman Sachs. Their Elements Truffles products are in 2000 stores and bought by Australians.
- Kate Krader
Can a vegan diet actually make you (and the world) worse?
Despite what the documentaries tell you, a plant-based lifestyle isn’t better for your health and it certainly won’t save the planet.
- Boudicca Fox-Leonard
March 2022
Is potato milk really about to upend a coffee shop near you?
Made from a blend of the tuber plus pea protein, a new non-dairy drink from Swedish company Dug Drinks is being sold in Europe and spreading worldwide.
- Victoria Petersen
February 2022
‘Not chicken at all’: Senators warn of plant-based meat confusion
A parliamentary committee wants mandatory labelling rules for plant-based meat products because of what they say is consumer ‘confusion’.
- Georgie Moore
Why vegan meat is the worst junk food of all
Just because something edible is plant-based doesn’t mean it isn’t as highly processed as the carnivore equivalent.
- Xanthe Clay
November 2021
- Opinion
- Fine dining
This famous chef is serving 3D-printed food. I tasted it.
After Marco Pierre White announced he would begin dishing out manufactured, plant-based ‘meat’ cuts, I decided I’d better put them to the test.
- William Sitwell
- Opinion
- Fine dining
An elite hotel just got rid of its famed chef over his vegan plans
The owners of Claridge’s in London have saved Daniel Humm’s lavender-glazed duck from his plant-based fixation that’s already upended Eleven Madison Park.
- Bobby Ghosh
Impossible Burger lands in Australia
American manufacturer Impossible Foods has started offering its much-hyped plant-based patties at 150 Grill’d locations across Australasia.
- David Adams
October 2021
- Exclusive
- Food
Terry Paule aims to expand his vegan cheese sales offshore
The Findex chairman and the founder of BioCheese has tapped investment bank MA Financial Group (Moelis) to help find a capital investor to support future growth plans.
- Carrie LaFrenz
How a high-powered lawyer became a TikTok superstar
Joanne Lee Molinaro’s ‘thing’ for eating and talking over food as ‘the Korean Vegan’ has earned her more than 2.7 million followers in just over a year.
- Monica Eng