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Future Food Quick Bites: Slutty Vegan, Protein Bars & Plant-Based Subway Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Slutty Vegan’s new locations, Subway’s plant-based pork, and India’s vegan labelling mandate. New products and launches Pinky Cole‘s plant-based fast-food chain, Slutty Vegan, has signed franchise deals to open new locations in Washington, DC and Atlanta, and announced plans to relocate its Baltimore restaurant to a new site at the campus of Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2027. Australian startup Green Choice Proteins has announced plans to expand into the US with protein powders in chocolate, vanilla, and salted caramel flavours. Each contains around 35g of pea and fava bean protein per scoop. In celebration of the FIFA World Cup, vegan meal startup Daily Harvest (now owned by Chobani) has unveiled three limited-edition smoothies inspired by the “foods, flavours and cultural traditions” of the host nations: cherry pie protein, blueberry-maple, and mango-chile. They’re available exclusively on the brand’s website. Months after raising $9.5M in Series B funding, US plant-based startup Mezcla has revamped its packaging and introduced four new flavours to its puffed protein bars: frosted strawberry, mint chocolate, chocolate pretzel, and salted caramel-chocolate. GoMacro has launched MacroSquares, a new format with layered... https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/future-food-quick-bites-slutty-vegan-cheesecake-bites-plant-based-subway/