Project Pollo is rapidly changing the fast-food landscape, and now, former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbook is joining the chain as an investor and advisor.

The study, titled Plant-based diet for obesity treatment, was published in this months issue of the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, and was epublished by the National Library of Medicine. It was conducted by researchers at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Brunei.

After several years in development, Taco Bell and Beyond Meat are finally launching Beyond Carne Asada Steak, a succulent vegan meat which the chain will test at price parity to animal-derived steak.

Korea’s Better Meats just launched in the US with SPAM-style vegan canned ham, along with cold cuts, meatballs, and sausage patties.

It comes in countless forms and flavors and it has been with humankind since our ancestors started farming. Cheese is a source of protein, calcium and vitamins. Yet the production of dairy products involves significant amounts of greenhouse gas emissions and massive amounts of water. On that front, yellow peas have the potential to become our new favorite cheesy snack. 

Nuts were a game-changer for vegan cheese because they provide a lot of fat: 100 grams of cashews have 44 grams of fat, versus 6.4 grams of fat in the same amount of soybeans. This allows for richer flavor and texture that gets closer to imitating animal milk dairy. Soy has also gone out of favor as a base for cheese because of allergy concerns, as well the fact that as of 2018, genetically modified soybeans accounted for 94% of all soy planted in the US. Nuts are not perfect — allergy or sustainability-wise — but they provide a fatty base with neutral flavor that has allowed vegan cheese to reach new heights of complexity.

Researchers found female vegetarians see their risk of hip fracture increase by 33% compared to those who eat meat. They said a possible reason for this could be vegetarian diets "often have lower intakes of nutrients that are linked with bone and muscle health". Women who follow a vegetarian diet are more likely to break their hips later in life, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Leeds found female vegetarians see their risk of hip fracture increase by 33% compared to those who eat meat.

African Americans are almost three times as likely to be vegan than white Americans.

Germany has made itself an outlier in global meat consumption by embracing plant-based food and politics.

What we eat and how we produce food matters. Food systems are responsible for more than a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. We cannot fully tackle the climate crisis without reducing the greenhouse footprint of our food. The issue is only becoming more urgent, as world population climbs alongside hunger stemming from war disruption of food exports.

The global nutritional yeast market will reach nearly $1 billion by 2032 as more consumers reach for healthy food products and discover the nutritional benefits of the vegan ingredient, according to a new market report by research firm Fact.MR. The nutritional yeast market’s current valuation is $430 million in 2022.

Rodolphe Landemaine stood in his pâtisserie inspecting the rows of traditional lemon meringue tarts and cream pavlovas. “In France, cakes have to be visual,” he said. “I had to produce something that didn’t just taste amazing but looked elegant.”

To the average viewer, this year’s Wimbledon Finals matchup was nothing shocking, with two distinctly different players vying for the Cup, but the two finalists share one unique characteristic: They both follow vegan diets. Defying claims that plant-based diets lack for protein or hinder athletic performance, vegan athletes worldwide have proved otherwise...

An analysis of studies linking diet to cancer shows that meat-free vegetarian diets reduce the risk of certain types of cancer.

Common egg alternatives such as vegan egg powder and flaxseed gel are far removed from the chicken egg in terms of appearance and taste. The vegan hard-boiled egg, recently launched in Switzerland, is closer to it. But an egg alternative that is liquid and consists of egg yolk, egg white and eggshell is still an absolute novelty throughout Europe, according to the Fraunhofer Institute.

Between Gordon Ramsay’s nerve-wracking, high-pressure Hell’s Kitchen, the scrappiness and innovation of Chopped, and the absolute wholesomeness of The Great British Bake Off, television cooking competitions have a lot of variety. But, despite their differences, they have one thing in common: they all use animal products. That’s about to change very soon thanks to Peeled, the first plant-based culinary competition show for US broadcast.

One of the largest consulting organizations in the world claims that investments in meat substitutes made from plants have a much bigger impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions than other green initiatives.

Potato protein can be as effective as animal-derived milk in building muscle, a new study found. Conducted by researchers at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and published in scientific journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the study hypothesized that because potato protein and animal milk protein share a very similar amino acid composition that both might have a similar effect on muscle protein synthesis (MPS), or the body’s way of making amino acids into skeletal muscle protein.

Frances Day’s husband died during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, so there was no funeral. “It was a horrid, horrid time. I was on my own. It took a long time for me to get fairly steady,” she says. Her 82nd birthday passed, and as the summer wore on, she thought: “I’ve got to do something. I don’t want my life to end now. I want to have a few adventures. Let’s start with veganism.”

Despite what the documentaries tell you, a plant-based lifestyle isn't better for your health and it certainly won't save the planet...