PBN Newsletter - 16th September

What’s moving In the world this week...

Author

Tom Leach
September 16, 2026

Britons Are Buying Less Fake Meat, But More Beans And Tofu

Britons are buying less fake meat, but more beans and tofu.

According to an analysis of retail data, increased unit sales of key alternative proteins suggests that the plant-based market is rebalancing after a period of instability.

Other Stories This Week

Burger King Launches Long-Awaited Plant-Based Crispy Chicken Burger

Burger King just launched its long-awaited crispy plant-based chicken burger, but there’s a catch: the menu item is exclusively available in Austria.

The Plant-Based Crispy Chicken Burger is the first fully plant-based version of the fast food chain’s popular Crispy Chicken product.

Pesticides Poison Nearly Half Of Farmers Every Year, Finds Study

A study has found that pesticides poison nearly half of farmers worldwide every year.

Approximately 402 to 433 million cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning (UAPP) occur each year, and roughly 46 percent of the world’s 934 million farmers is being poisoned annually.

Brand Spotlight

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Recipes of the Week

10 Basic Vegan Meals For Easy Everyday Cooking

These dishes may be simple but they're anything but basic

Lemon and Coconut Energy Balls

These energy balls are packed with fiber and nutrients

Mongolian Protein Lentils And Broccoli

This dinner is packed with fiber and protein

Video of the Week

Bear Grylls Went From Vegan to 'Carnivore'… What Happened?

Bear Grylls went vegan. Then he went completely the other way.

Bear Grylls went vegan due to his dad's poor health, but now he's advocating that people eat testicles...

The survivalist and TV personality followed a vegan diet for around five years, partly because of his father’s death from cardiovascular disease and because he believed veganism could benefit the environment. But Grylls now advocates for an animal-based, carnivore-style diet — and says veganism left him “skinny, sick, and weak.”

Watch the full discussion and let us know what you think in the comments.

Podcast of the Week

Bear Grylls Went From Vegan to 'Carnivore'… What Happened?

Podcast Episode · S03E28

The Plant Based News Podcast

11/09/2026 · 23m