Ube Cake: A Vegan Recipe for the Purple Cheesecake From the Yam
Vegan ube cake with a cheesecake filling made from purple yam, a soaked sponge layer and aquafaba meringue. Plus what ube is, where the trend came from and where to buy the ingredients.
Why Coconuts Are Not Always Vegan: Chained Macaques in the Harvest
In southern Thailand, chained macaques pick coconuts. What a study of 158 animals found, which products are affected and what to check when you shop.
£22 Million for Mini Organs: The UK Speeds Up Its Move Away From Animal Testing
Miniature organs grown from patient tissue, lab-grown ear models, AI instead of dogs and monkeys: the UK is investing £22 million in non-animal methods. Germany never published the strategy it promised.
Four Weeks Vegan Shift Gene Regulation: What the Study Shows and What It Does Not
A randomised trial finds altered DNA methylation after one month on a vegan diet. What was measured, what follows from it, and what the same group found when they counted cells directly.
Speciesism: Why We Stroke the Dog and Eat the Pig
29 August is the World Day for the End of Speciesism. The day is the occasion, the question underneath is bigger: what justifies stroking one animal and eating the other?
Who Owns Your Tofu? These Brands Are Still Independent [Overview]
Since Müller bought tofu pioneer Berief, many people look twice in the chiller aisle. Our traffic-light overview shows, with receipts, which tofu and plant-drink brands are independent and which belong to a meat or dairy corporation.