Spencer Whaley
French Startup Creates a Super Realistic Vegan Egg With a Shell
Until now, much to the chagrin of plant-based Francophiles everywhere, eggs have been considered a staple ingredient in French cuisine. Now, Le Papondu, a French startup, has created a vegan egg that might turn your plant-based eggs-benedict dreams into a reality...
Chloe Coscarelli Wins Legal Battle to Regain Ownership in Restaurant By Chloe
Chloe Coscarelli, the chef, cookbook author, and co-founder of by CHLOE., a restaurant chain famous for its plant-based versions of fast-food staples, announced that after a lengthy legal battle with her former co-partner, the judge has ruled in her favor, restoring her with 50% ownership of the company.
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Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Challenged to Go Vegan for One Month
VP-Elect Kamala Harris made history this fall after being elected as the United State’s first woman, first Black woman, and first Indian-American to serve as Vice President. Now, a recently created petition has challenged her to make history again and become the first vegan vice president. A coalition of evidence-based...
Jelly Belly Launches New Vegan Gummy Candy: Here’s Where to Buy It Now
Jelly Belly, the candy company famous for jelly beans that come in an infinite number of flavors including champagne, buttered popcorn, and even tobacco, recently announced its newest creation: A line of vegan gummy candy. Due to the gelatin present in most ingredient lists, gummies aren’t typically a vegan-friendly treat, but now, gummy-loving vegans everywhere will be able to indulge in their su
Two-Thirds of Millennials Will Make New Traditions With Plant-Based Foods
Millennials, also known as the “avocado toast generation,” are more likely to embrace plant-based foods than Baby Boomers, according to a new poll from Eat Just. The survey asked 1,000 millennials and 1,000 boomers whether they would be likely to embrace new ways of making traditional holiday foods and found that while boomers are more likely stuck in their ways, 81 percent of millennials are open
Chipotle Debuts Limited-Edition Vegan Burrito Named After Miley Cyrus
What does it take to get a Chipolte burrito named after you? Apparently, a viral Tik Tok challenge, a comment from Miley Cyrus, and a whole lot of guac. Chipolte promised to create a “Miley Burrito” if the formerly vegan star responded as a part of the Tik-Tok challenge, “If Miley Cyrus comments, I’ll do something.” Luckily for plant-based burrito...
Congress Passes “Tiger King Bill” Which Bans the Exploitation of Big Cats
Netflix's Tiger King didn’t only keep us glued to our television screens in the early days of quarantine, but it also helped to shed light on the issue of big cat captivity. The US House of Representatives just passed a bill banning private ownership of big cats. Tiger Kin...
The Certified Vegan Logo Celebrates 20 Years of Helping Consumers
If you’re plant-based, you probably spend a lot of time in the grocery store scanning for products labeled with the handy certified “V” logo. Today marks the twenty years since the non-profit group Vegan Action introduced the “certified vegan” logo. Three students founded the g...
Singapore Becomes First Country to Approve Lab-Grown Meat From Eat Just
Singapore has become the first country to approve the sale of chicken made entirely from cultured cells in a lab, technology developed by Eat Just, which is planning to bring out the cellular grown meat division under the label GOOD Meat. Eat Just is a...
Singaporean Company Debuts the World’s First Lab-Grown Lobster Meat
The days of selecting a lobster out of an algae-filled tank at a grocery store may be coming to a close: A Singaporean seafood startup has developed a cruelty-free approach to lobster meat by growing it in a lab. Shiok Meats, a company specializing in lab-grown seafood, isolates cells from proteins, growing and harvesting the stem cells in a process that takes six weeks. The company has al...
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