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Join us for this week's Women Founder Wednesday Preview! 🙌🏼 Women Founder Wednesday is a weekly newsletter by Vegan Women Summit, featuring over a dozen stories of women founders in the future of food, fashion, beauty, and biotechnology. 👑 Our newsletter reaches the inboxes of over 30,000 sustainable founders, investors, consumers, and more. 🌍 Check out this week's highlights, then subscribe to the full newsletter to get the full weekly digest every Wednesday. 👇🏼 #sustainable #founders #women

🌱 Chef Charity Morgan stars in a new Max special, *Unbelievably Vegan With Chef Charity*. The show follows her as she helps Germantown Pub in Nashville add plant-based dishes to its menu. Despite initial skepticism from the pub's chef, Morgan’s vegan creations, including nachos, BBQ jackfruit mac and cheese, and oyster mushroom wings, win over the staff. If the special gains enough viewers, it could become a series. Would you tune in to *Unbelievably Vegan With Chef Charity* to see how a traditional pub embraces plant-based dishes? Read the full article at the link below. 🔗

🐟 Researchers at Técnico Lisboa have achieved a world first by producing cultivated sea bass fillets using 3D bioprinting. The project, which began in 2019, has progressed from thin sashimi slices to fillets up to six centimeters thick, closely replicating the texture and aroma of real sea bass through microalgae-based bioinks. The team, now consisting of 15 members, adapted 3D printers and used stem cells to create these fillets, which will soon undergo taste tests. This development is part of a broader global effort to sustainably meet future food demands with cultivated meat. Would you be open to trying 3D-printed cultivated seafood? Read the full article at the link below. 🔗

🐱 Wild Earth has launched "Unicorn Pate," its first vegan cat food, made from plant-based ingredients like lentils and microalgae, and formulated to meet cats' nutritional needs. The product aims to promote cat health while reducing environmental impact. Wild Earth sees this as a bold step in transforming the pet food industry, despite expected pushback from the meat industry. Wild Earth is also developing cultivated meat for pets. How do you feel about the idea of a vegan cat food like Wild Earth's Unicorn Pate? Read the full article at the link below. 🔗

🥛 Milkadamia has introduced a new "Flat Pack" Organic Oat Milk, a product that significantly reduces packaging waste and carbon emissions. The flat pack consists of eight 2D printed sheets made from oat milk concentrate, which customers can mix with water or soak overnight to create oat milk. This innovation cuts the product's weight by 85% and packaging by 94%, making it easier to transport and more eco-friendly. The product will debut at the Newtopia Now trade show in Denver and is expected to hit retail shelves in January 2025. Would you be willing to switch to a product that requires mixing or soaking at home if it meant significantly reducing packaging waste and carbon emissions? Read the full article at the link below. 🔗

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🍔 The Impossible Whopper, introduced by Burger King in 2019, has remained a popular plant-based option, appealing to both meat-eaters and those seeking alternatives. Its success has helped normalize plant-based eating in the fast-food industry, leading other chains to add similar options. Impossible Foods, the company behind the patty, has expanded its product line and rebranded to appeal more to traditional meat-eaters, aiming to provide familiar, plant-based alternatives without forcing lifestyle changes. Do you think the success of the Impossible Whopper signals a lasting shift toward plant-based options in fast food? Read the full article at the link below. 🔗

Join us for this week's Women Founder Wednesday Preview! 🙌🏼 Women Founder Wednesday is a weekly newsletter by Vegan Women Summit, featuring over a dozen stories of women founders in the future of food, fashion, beauty, and biotechnology. 👑 Our newsletter reaches the inboxes of over 30,000 sustainable founders, investors, consumers, and more. 🌍 Check out this week's highlights, then subscribe to the full newsletter to get the full weekly digest every Wednesday. 👇🏼 #sustainable #founders #women

🐶 VEGDOG, founded by Tessa Zaune-Figlar, has launched "VEGDOG POPS," a new dog snack made from potatoes. Low in fat and calories, these snacks are ideal for training and dogs with sensitive stomachs. Unlike rice-based dog popcorns, the potato-based POPS are more digestible and eco-friendly. VEGDOG offers a range of vegan products tailored to various dog needs and continues to expand its portfolio to support plant-based dog nutrition. Would you consider trying VEGDOG POPS for your dog, knowing they are low-calorie, eco-friendly, and designed for sensitive stomachs? Read the full article at the link below. 🔗

🥩 Ants Innovate, a Singaporean startup, debuted a cultivated pork ingredient called Cell Essence in three hybrid meat dishes at a private tasting. This ingredient enhances the flavor and aroma of plant-based meats, showcasing the potential of hybrid products that combine cultivated cells with plant-based ingredients. The startup believes these hybrid products are a sustainable, long-term solution for creating affordable and tasty meat alternatives. How do you feel about hybrid meat products that combine cultivated animal cells with plant-based ingredients—would you be open to trying them as a sustainable alternative to traditional meat? Read the full article at the link below. 🔗