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Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond. 

Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev Media.

In this final episode, the FoodBev Media editorial team rounds up their favourite of the Veganuary launches for 2024, including new foodservice dishes and retail products.

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This podcast series is sponsored by Solina. Click here to download Solina's booklet and discover more insights into the plant-based market.

FoodBev Media's Melissa Bradshaw rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Compass Group to acquire CH&CO in £475m deal; IFF partners with Bellona to restore Norway’s seaweed forests; ADM names interim CFO amid ongoing investigation; and more.

Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond. 

Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev Media.

In this episode, Melissa speaks with Parm Bains, co-founder of the vegan ready meal brand Shicken, and Martin Holden-White, founder of plant-based recipe kit company Grubby. We explore convenience and making plant-based eating easier for consumers, delving into how ready meals and recipe kit innovations can offer consumers a helping hand with getting more plants onto their plates.

This podcast series is sponsored by Solina. Click here to download Solina's booklet and discover more insights into the plant-based market.

FoodBev Media's David Echevarría rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including Diageo settles racism dispute with Diddy; Mars opens $42m snack-focused R&D facility in Chicago; Imagindairy acquires new facility, announces manufacturing milestone; and more.

Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond. 

Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev Media.

In this episode, Melissa speaks with FoodBev Media's editorial director and editor of FoodBev magazine, Siân Yates, for a brief overview of the current plant-based market. We explore some of the top trends, companies and opportunities for the industry in 2024.

This podcast series is sponsored by Solina. Click here to download Solina's booklet and discover more insights into the plant-based market.

South Korean parliament passes bill to ban dog meat trade; Vegan Food Group emerges as powerhouse in plant-based food industry; Bottled water contains hundreds of thousands of invisible microplastic particles, study finds; and more.

Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond. 

Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev Media.

In this first episode, Melissa speaks with Matthew Glover to discuss the beginnings of the Veganuary movement as well as the current state of the plant-based meat industry and how the Veganuary mission led to his involvement in founding VFC Foods – which has now transformed into a broader entity, Vegan Food Group (VFG).

This podcast series is sponsored by Solina. Click here to download Solina's booklet and discover more insights into the plant-based market.

FoodBev Media's Rafaela Sousa rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including Chr. Hansen, Novozymes merger approved, Kerry to acquire lactase enzyme business; UAE’s first brewery to open in Abu Dhabi; and more.