Veganism

A study is offering insights into the nutritional, cardiovascular and growth differences between vegan, vegetarian and meat-eating children. It found vegans have healthier cardiovascular profiles but are shorter and display bone mineral deficiencies.

Sustainable clothing brand Pangaia has launched puffer jackets that uses dried flowers instead of traditional or synthetic downs. The Flwrdwn material is a vegan, fully biodegradable filling made from natural wildflowers and an aerogel biopolymer.

A large and comprehensive meta-analysis led by scientists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is offering the most convincing evidence to date that a plant-based diet can significantly lower a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

A new study has tried to shed some light on key questions surrounding lab-grown meat, like whether the average person would eat cow-less beef, how vegetarians and vegans feel about it, and even if people would eat lab-grown horse, dog or cat meat.

SuperMeat is an Israeli start-up that wants to promote a paradigm shift in meat consumption — mass manufactured chicken meat without harming animals. Under the scientific guidance of biomedical engineer Yaakov Nahmias, the company is currently fundraising to get it done.

Many people say they can’t go vegan because of their addiction to dairy. But that excuse could soon be past its sell-by date if a team of biohackers in California succeeds in scaling up production of a cheese that contains no animal by-products.

The German Vegetarian Society and Sante have developed a B12-enriched toothpaste that provides the recommended daily dose of the important vitamin.

A plant-based protein food called Beyond Meat that promises to look, feel, taste and act like chicken meat has hit US stores.

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a new plant-based ice cream alternative that is completely free of lactose, gluten, cholesterol and animal proteins and fats.