| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.03.2026 | Danone Acquires Huel, Reshaping Global Nutrition Market | French food giant Danone acquired UK meal-replacement innovator Huel for €1 billion. This strategic move signals Danone's sharp pivot towards nutrition. It capitalizes on a global market shift. Health-conscious consumers and the rise of GLP... |
| 23.03.2026 | Danone to buy protein shake maker Huel as health nutrition craze drives demand shift | French food and beverage maker Danone is set to buy U.K.-based protein shake maker Huel for an undisclosed sum, the companies said on Monday.
Combining Huel’s range with Danone’s global reach and nutritional expertise is an opportunity in t... |
| 30.09.2025 | Alpro Bets on Young Europeans Amid ‘Excellent’ Growth in Plant-Based Milk & Yoghurt Sales | 8 Mins Read Plant-based dairy leader Alpro has witnessed sales of both its milk and yoghurt alternatives grow this year, as it focuses on young consumers and new sensory experiences.
It’s been eight years since Danone acquired Alpro in a $1... |
| 29.07.2025 | Alpro Uses Connected Packaging and Superheroes to Educate Kids on Plant-Based Diet | Alpro, the plant-based food brand owned by Danone, has partnered with Appetite Creative to launch an interactive, connected packaging experience designed to promote its newly released Alpro Kids range. The experience, accessed through QR co... |
| 24.07.2025 | Why Health Alone Won’t Win the Plant-Based Market | Health is a major motivator when consumers first reduce meat. In fact, nearly half of European consumers cite health as their main reason for eating less meat, ahead of sustainability or animal welfare. So, is the secret to growing the plan... |
| 07.07.2025 | Alpro Launches Fortified Plant-Based Drinks and Yogurts for Kids | Alpro, a plant-based brand owned by Danone, has introduced a new product line targeted at children, responding to concerns from parents about healthy food options. The new range includes a chocolate-flavored oat-based drink, a strawberry-fl... |
| 03.07.2025 | Coffee Alternative Startup Founded by Former Alpro Exec Closes Pre-Seed Funding Round | Koppie, a Belgian startup developing a coffee alternative using locally-sourced legumes and fermentation, has closed a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Nucleus Capital, with participation from Mudcake, Rockstart, and various ang... |
| 24.06.2025 | Nestlé to Cut 80 Jobs at Czech Factory, Citing Reduced Demand for Meat Alternatives | Nestlé has announced it will be cutting 80 jobs at its Krupka factory in the Czech Republic, citing a slowdown in sales of plant-based meat alternatives among European consumers.
The cuts represent one-fifth of the plant’s workforce, though... |
| 03.04.2025 | The Rise of Plant-Based Dairy and Innovative Emulsifiers: A New Era in Food Choices | The food landscape is changing. Plant-based dairy is surging. Innovative ingredients are reshaping our plates. Consumers are steering this ship, driven by health and sustainability. The numbers tell a compelling story. In 2023, the plant-ba... |
| 02.04.2025 | Plant-Based Dairy Sees Rapid Growth in Western Europe & North America Due to “Profound Shift” in Consumer Preferences | According to insights from strategy consultancy Roland Berger, the plant-based dairy market in Western Europe and North America is growing at an unprecedented rate as consumers increasingly prioritize health and sustainability.
In 2023, the... |
| 25.03.2025 | Alpro Announces Switch to 100% British Oats Following Multi-Million-Pound Investment | Plant-based brand Alpro has announced that it will begin making its oat milk from 100% British oats, tapping into the increasing demand for locally made products.
The change has been made possible by a multi-million-pound investment from pa... |
| 14.02.2025 | Plant-Based Industry Association ENSA Rebrands to Plant-Based Foods Europe | European plant-based foods association ENSA has announced that it is rebranding to Plant-Based Foods Europe to better reflect the evolution of the industry.
The organisation was founded in 2003 as the European Natural Soyfood Association (E... |
| 11.02.2025 | From Storms to Sustainability: The Rise of Eco-Conscious Entrepreneurs | In a world where consumer choices can either heal or harm the planet, two innovators are steering their ships toward sustainability. Jeff Shardell, a former Google executive turned storm chaser, and Amy Langfield, an art teacher turned plan... |
| 10.02.2025 | Meet the Startup Making Free-From, Climate-Conscious, Plant-Based Milk for Babies | 7 Mins Read Grow with Iris co-founder Amy Langfield explains why she created a free-from, plant-based milk for toddlers, and details her conquest to develop an all-conquering infant formula.
Amy Langfield was an art teacher when her newborn... |
| 24.12.2024 | Tofu, Tempeh & Alt-Milk Take the Reins As UK Sales of Plant-Based Meat Slide | 5 Mins Read Brits are buying fewer meat alternatives out of a fear of ultra-processing, which has made traditional proteins like tofu and tempeh the darlings of the UK plant-based industry.
In March, the UK’s biggest supermarket made a pred... |
| 06.12.2024 | The Plant-Based Revolution: Growth, Innovation, and Leadership in a Changing Food Landscape | The plant-based food industry is more than a trend; it’s a movement. With rising consumer demand for sustainable options, companies are racing to innovate. Tender Food, a Massachusetts-based food-tech company, recently appointed Mike Messer... |
| 03.12.2024 | Spain’s Plant-Based Market, Ranked Fourth in Europe, Set for 10% Growth by 2025 | Spain’s plant-based sector is the fourth-largest in Europe, behind Germany, the UK, and Italy, and anticipates a 10% growth by 2025.
The demand for sustainable products fueled the sector’s growth by 9.4% in 2023, reaching nearly €600 millio... |
| 08.11.2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Retail: A New Era in Consumer Choices | The landscape of grocery shopping is changing. Plant-based products are no longer just a niche market; they are becoming mainstream. This shift is exemplified by Rewe’s fully vegan supermarket in Berlin, Voll Pflanzlich, and the financial r... |
| 08.11.2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Retail: Lessons from Germany’s Vegan Supermarket and Beyond Meat’s Recovery | In the heart of Berlin, a revolution is brewing. Rewe, a German retail giant, has launched a fully plant-based supermarket called Voll Pflanzlich. This innovative store has been open for six months, and its success offers valuable insights ... |
| 08.11.2024 | 5 Takeaways From the First Six Months of Rewe’s Fully Plant-Based Supermarket in Germany | 5 Mins Read It’s been six months since German retailer Rewe opened Voll Pflanzlich, a fully vegan supermarket in Berlin. Here are the company’s major learnings.
There have been a number of progress markers for Rewe, the German retail giant,... |
| 06.11.2024 | As UK Embraces Gut Health, A New Oat Milk Brand Targets High-Fibre Nutrition for Kids | 5 Mins Read Amid the rise of gut health and GLP-1 drugs in the UK, Potina is making high-fibre banana oat milks for improved children’s nutrition.
As the UK pushes back against junk food advertising and begins embracing GLP-1 drugs to comba... |
| 04.11.2024 | Former Alpro Sales Director Launches POTINA Banana Oat Drinks for Kids | Entrepreneur Adam Womersley, a former Sales Director at Alpro UK&I, has developed a new range of plant-based banana oat drinks for children.
Called POTINA, the clean-label drinks are free of added sugars, sweeteners, oils, and additives... |
| 18.09.2024 | ‘Major Inconsistency’: Danone Removes Nutri-Score Label from Dairy & Plant-Based Milk Packaging | 6 Mins Read Danone is scrapping the Nutri-Score label from its dairy and plant-based milks, after its revised algorithm classed these products as beverages. It is facing fierce criticism.
French food and drink giant Danone is removing the t... |
| 18.09.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Uggs, Plant-Based Stroopwafels & Beer from Pasta Waste | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Alpro’s new flavoured barista milk, vegan footwear wins, and ... |
| 06.09.2024 | Op Ed: Stephanie Goodwin, Nutrition Policy Director at Danone – Improving Access to Plant-Based Foods | Stephanie K. Goodwin, PhD, MPH, RD, is a nutrition and public health expert with a focus on national food and nutrition policy. Currently, she works for Danone North America to help bring the company’s mission to bring health through food t... |
| 05.08.2024 | Look, It’s Dairy Free! 8 of the Best Plant-Based Milk Alternatives for Kids | 6 Mins Read Whether it’s for one-year-old toddlers or kids starting school, here are the best plant-based milk alternatives made specifically for children.
There are a plethora of plant-based milks out there, serving a plethora of needs. So... |
| 05.07.2024 | Misola Foods Launches ‘Delicious Oat Milk Made by Mr. Tsukagoshi’, Said to Be Japan’s First Oat Milk | Misola Foods, Japan’s first oat milk specialised company, announces the launch of its first product, “Delicious oat milk made by Mr. Tsukagoshi,” an alternative to dairy milk designed to be palatable for adults and children.
Claimed as Japa... |
| 27.06.2024 | Why Danone Bet on Precision Fermentation & ‘White Biotech’ for the Future of Food | 5 Mins Read French dairy giant Danone is part of a consortium that aims to scale up precision fermentation via a new open platform – in an interview, the company explains its thinking behind the move.
Danone aims to ramp up its innovation c... |
| 12.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: DoD v Cattlemen, Non-Dairy Footballers & Vegan in the Bronx | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Alpro’s collaboration with Peter Crouch, a new alternative pr... |
| 01.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Quail, MasterChef Pros & A Cheese Debacle | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Vow’s Tippling Club collab, US bans on cultivated meat, and a... |
| 30.04.2024 | Danone Continues “Strategic Move Towards Plant-Based” With New High Protein Alpro Products | As the company continues to move towards plant-based foods, multinational food corporation Danone has recently launched a range of new dairy-free products in the UK under its Alpro brand. Earlier this year, Danone completed the conversion o... |
| 15.04.2024 | Major Losses for Minor Figures, But Oat Milk Brand Now Looks to Become Profitable by 2025 | 5 Mins Read UK oat milk brand Minor Figures saw losses grow to nearly £10M last year, citing inflationary pressures and a downturn in the Asia-Pacific market – but its overall revenues jumped to £31.8M, and the company is now on the path to... |
| 12.04.2024 | REWE Inaugurates its First Fully Plant-Based Supermarket in Berlin | REWE opened its first purely plant-based supermarket in Berlin yesterday. The “REWE voll pflanzlich” supermarket on Warschauer Brücke in the Friedrichshain district offers more than 2,700 vegan products. In addition to more than 3,800 store... |
| 04.10.2023 | Future Food Quick Bites: Less Meat, More Burgers & Vegan Flying | 8 Mins Read In our new weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Australia’s meat reduction, Kellogg’s omnivore-targeting ... |
| 04.09.2023 | Plant-Based Greek Yogurt: The 6 Best, Creamiest Vegan Brands To Try | 5 Mins Read From coconut and soy to almonds and oats, there are a host of vegan ingredients that make for a fantastic base for plant-based Greek-style yogurt (or labneh). Here are six of the best offerings on the market.
I’ve had a lot of p... |
| 02.08.2023 | Next Gen Foods Rebrands to TiNDLE, Expands Portfolio to Vegan Sausages, Milk & Gelato | 3 Mins Read Singapore-headquartered Next Gen Foods is rebranding into TiNDLE Foods, its vegan chicken subsidiary, as it announces an expansion into new product categories. The move will see Mwah!, the start-up acquired by the parent company... |
| 21.07.2023 | Alpro Oat Barista Drinks Now Offered in 145 Segafredo & Waynes Coffee Bars | Tank & Rast is expanding its range of high-quality coffee specialities in the Segafredo and Waynes Coffee coffee bars in European service stations, with the vegan Barista Oats from Alpro.
Alpro Barista Oats was specially developed for c... |
| 26.04.2023 | Danone invests in animal-free dairy startup Imagindairy via corporate ventures arm, plans ‘strategic collaboration’ | Danone’s corporate venture arm Danone Manifesto Ventures has taken a minority stake in Imagindairy, an Israeli startup making ‘animal-free’ dairy proteins via precision fermentation (using microbes instead of cows).
While Danone is heavily ... |
| 14.07.2022 | Cashew Milk to Represent $207.7M of Plant-Based Milk Market by End of 2022 | Cashew milk products are becoming more popular globally, attracting consumer appeal due to its low sugar and fat content. North America held a commanding 40% share in 2021 and the Chinese market is also increasing.
According to a recent rep... |
| 08.02.2022 | Plant-based leader Alpro sees high engagement rates thanks to UGC | Plant-based leader Alpro sees high engagement rates thanks to UGC
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Collecting and redistributing user generated content (UGC) via Flowbox has helped plant-based leader Alpro maintain high engag... |
| 14.01.2022 | Alpro Rolls Out Not M*lk Across UK, Claims to Be Closest Match to Dairy Yet | Alt dairy leader Alpro is bringing two new products to supermarket shelves in the UK. Claiming to be the brand’s most convincing offering yet to cow’s milk, Not M*lk will be available in semi-skimmed and whole fat varieties.
Keeping up with... |
| 18.11.2021 | Danone Converts Dairy Factory to Oat Milk Production as French Plant-Based Market Soars | Danone, the multinational Paris-based company best known for its yogurts, has announced it will be converting one of its major factories to produce Alpro plant milks instead of dairy products.
The facility, located in Villecomtal-sur-Arros ... |
| 18.11.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Monarch Tractor’s $61m round, JBS’s cell meat bet & Bayer-Microsoft match | This week, The Week in Agrifoodtech includes news of a major strategic partnership between one of the world’s biggest agribusiness companies and one of the world’s biggest software companies; while the world’s number one meat processor made... |
| 03.11.2021 | Alpro Completes $23M Upgrade for UK Plant, Aims to Surpass $5Bn in Plant-Based Sales in 2025 | Danone has invested $23m for a UK plant upgrade for its plant-based dairy brand Alpro to meet the increasing demand for plant-based dairy products in the UK and reach ambitious plant-based sales goals for 2025.
Alpro‘s $23 million upgrade p... |
| 08.09.2021 | What Is Oat Milk? Here’s Everything You Need To Know About This Vegan Milk | 11 Mins Read
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’re starting to see oat milk everywhere. It’s taking over supermarket aisles, being served across Starbucks chains and even Silicon Valley’s barista of choice, Blue Bottle,... |
| 13.08.2021 | Silk Claims No Vegan Greek Yogurt Has Hit the Mark Until Now, With New Silk Greek Products | Silk, a Danone subsidiary, has stated this week that while Greek offerings dominate the yogurt category, encompassing nearly half of yogurt sales, so far plant-based alternatives have ” struggled to deliver” in terms of the thickness and te... |
| 02.02.2021 | InOatvation – How Oats are Driving New Product Development in Food & Drink | The humble oat has come of age. The meteoric rise of oat milk has catapulted this unassuming grain into the limelight, sparking a frenzy of interest in what was long regarded as a wholesome, traditional and, frankly, rather dull ingredient.... |
| 23.09.2020 | Plant Milk Maker Alpro Aims To Reach ‘Zero Carbon, Zero Water, Zero Waste’ By 2025 | 2
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Alpro has recently reinforced its commitment to sustainability with a slew of new goals, including climate ambitions to reach “zero carbon, zero water and zero waste” as well as health-focused pledges to promote the d... |
| 29.04.2020 | Alpro to Donate £325,000 to Independent Coffee Shops in UK | Alpro announces a free stock initiative set up to help coffee shops remain operational during COVID, offering help to independent businesses across the UK with a £125,000 support package announced today, with an additional £200,000 of finan... |
| 03.10.2018 | Alpro: “Focusing on a Healthy Lifestyle and the Environment” | Any consumer who thinks about plant-based milk alternatives will think about one name: Alpro. The milk alternative pioneer can look back on almost 40 years of marketing experience and still knows how to keep the brand trendy. The brands Alp... |
