Feb 14

Report: 48% of All U.S. Restaurants Have Plant-Based Options, a 62% Growth Since 2012

According to a new report, nearly half of all restaurants in the United States offer plant-based menu options, with this number expected to grow substantially in the coming months.

The State of the Plant-Based in Foodservice report, conducted by Plant Based Food Association (PBFA), found that 48.4% of U.S. restaurants have plant-based options, representing a 62% growth in the past decade. The report also found that “nearly 30% of operators plan to add more plant-based meats in 2013”, and “four times as many operators plan to add plant-based meat to their menu vs. drop it from the menu.”

For the report the Association examined and deciphered data from operators across segments including on-site, quick service, fast casual, fine-ding, and more to determine how plant-based foods are being adopted within the food service industry.
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Feb 11

Study Finds Switching to a Vegan Diet Doesn’t Hinders Strength Performance

Switching to a vegan diet “has no beneficial nor negative effect” on strength performance, given calorie intake and carbohydrate content remain the same.

This is according to a new study published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and conducted by researchers at the German Sport University Cologne and IST Hochschule of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf.

As noted by the study’s abstract, over the past few years the number of people who have avoided animal products has been rising steadily, with “more and more healthy active people and performance-orientated athletes giving up animal products for various reasons, such as for an improved performance or faster regeneration.”
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Feb 10

Tofurky Acquired By Morinaga Nutritional Foods

Tofurky, one of the top three plant-based meat companies in the U.S. based on sales, announced today that it’s been acquired by tofu producer Morinaga Nutritional Foods.

Morinaga, the makers of Mori-Nu Silken Tofu, have acquired both Tofurky and its sister brand Moocho.

Tofurky and Morinaga Nutritional Foods have a long-standing relationship with Morinaga providing tofu to Tofurky for 17 years. Under the acquisition Tofurky will continue manufacturing products at its sustainably-focused facility in Hood River, Oregon, where Morinaga Nutritional Foods plans to increase operations with technical staff to maximize capacity. The company will also uphold the core values, original recipes, and product availability of both Tofurky and Moocho brands.
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Feb 08

Study Finds Olive Leaves Extract Alleviates Inflammation in Leukemic Bone Marrow

A new study published by the journal Frontiers in Immunology has found that an extract made from olive leaves may serve as an anti-inflammatory in leukemic bone marrow, which is important as “inflammation in the tumor microenvironment promotes the growth, survival, and migration of cancer cells, accelerating the disease.”

The study is titled Olive leaves extract alleviates inflammation and modifies the intrinsic apoptotic signal in the leukemic bone marrow, and was conducted by researchers at Tripura University, the Delhi Public School Megacity, Hariyana Vidyamandir, Manipal University Jaipur and the National Centre for Cell Science, all in India.

The study notes that “current anti-leukemic chemotherapies with multiple targets suffer from side effects. Synthetic drugs with huge off-target effects are detrimental to leukemic patients.” Therefore, “natural plant-based products are being increasingly tested for new anti-leukemic therapy with fewer or no side effects.”
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Feb 08

U.S. Judicial Panel Combines Five Beyond Meat Lawsuits Into One

Five lawsuits against vegan meat producer Beyond Meat have been consolidated into one by the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

The move to consolidate the five lawsuits, all alleging various forms of false advertising, was requested by the attorneys for Beyond Meat and agreed to by the plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs for the case include Don Lee Farms, which produces both plant and animal-based meats and previously served as the exclusive supplier of Beyond Meat products. In addition, several Beyond customers have brought a civil class-action lawsuit against the company.
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Feb 07

Pamela Anderson to Host New Vegan Food Network Series

Longtime vegan activist Pamela Anderson will host a forthcoming Food Network show that will feature entirely plant-based food items.

The eight-part cooking series is tentatively titled Pamela’s Cooking With Love, and will feature hour-long episodes. Designed to create exciting vegan experiences with family and friends, the show will feature family dinners, campfire gatherings, garden parties and more

The show will feature Anderson as sous-chef and host, with each episode containing a variety of guests. Pamela’s Cooking With Love is slated for a 2024 release with production beginning this summer, with Fireworks Media Group as the producer.
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Feb 07

Are you funding factory farming?

Based on exclusive research by MyMotherTree.com your bank and pension provider could be putting billions into factory farming without you knowing about it. But you have the power to change that.

Your choice of bank and pension provider matters. Perhaps more than you realize.

Exclusive research from MyMotherTree.com reveals that for the average UK consumer HALF of their carbon emissions come from their pension, current & saving accounts [1], [2].

That means your current choice of bank and pension could be having double the carbon impact of going vegan, quitting flying and choosing the bike over the car, COMBINED. 
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Feb 06

Report: 160 Million Vegan Wings to be Consumed During the Super Bowl

According to a new report Americans are set to consume an eye-opening amount of vegan wings during this year’s Super Bowl.

Super Bowl wings

Vegan wings from VEDGEco.

The new report by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) shows that an estimated ten million Americans will consume around 160 million plant-based wings during Super Bowl LVII which airs on Sunday, February 12.

Although this number is considerably less than the 1.4 billion chicken wings expected to be consumed during the Super Bowl, plant-based wings are expected for the first time to account for over 10% of all wings eaten.
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