Cell-Based News

Backed by a $2.1M state grant, Tufts University will open a future food innovation hub this year, with an open-source cell bank for cultivated meat research. An upcoming centre at Tufts University's Medford campus offers "truly…
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Researchers in the UK have devised a method to turn the yeast left over from beer production into edible scaffolds for affordable cultivated meat. When it comes to meat, nose-to-tail eating could give way to a "pint to plate" approach,…
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A bankruptcy filing by Israeli cultivated meat firm Believer Meats has revealed that the company was nearly $225M in debt, and sheds light on how approval delays stalled its financing efforts. Weeks after Believer Meats abruptly…
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Singaporean cellular agriculture company Umami Bioworks has teamed up with salmon specialist Nippon Barrier Free to bring cultivated marine supplements and cosmetics to Japan. A pioneer in the cultivated seafood and marine ingredients…
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Californian food tech startup BlueNalu has raised around $11M to scale up production and support the commercialisation of its cultivated bluefin tuna toro. As it awaits regulatory approval in the US, cultivated seafood startup BlueNalu…
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Scientists at Italy's public research agency have developed prototypes of nutrient-rich sweet snacks from cultured plant cells and fruit residues, offering a glimpse at the future of food. Italy may have rejected cultivated meat, but…
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Two new surveys highlight the growing consumer acceptance of alternative pet food, with cultivated meat particularly piquing their interest. It has been a year when sustainable pet food truly found its footing. People in the UK were…
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Japanese cellular agriculture specialist IntegriCulture has introduced Cellag, a brand to sell its own products, as well as those by other companies, across the food, cosmetics, and materials categories. To drive greater interest and…
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South Korean food tech startup SeaWith has signed a supply deal with the UK's 3D Bio-Tissues, whose cell culture media can reduce the cost of the former's cultivated meat by 30%. Most Koreans are open to trying cultivated meat, but its…
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The Cultured Hub, a biotech facility run by Swiss food industry giants, has expanded its service to include plant cell culture technology for coffee, cocoa and citrus. Swiss biotech plant The Cultured Hub is broadening its horizons with…
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The future food industry has seen plenty of victories this year, spanning regulatory approvals, supermarket pledges, and women's wellness. Here are the 10 biggest wins for food tech in 2025. 1) Cultivated meat approvals accelerated …
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Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has secured €15M ($17.6M) in funding to support its regulatory progress and market entry, while dramatically cutting production costs. Following an oversubscribed crowdfunding round and several…
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Dutch cultivated pork maker Meatable is winding down its operations after failing to secure funding, its shareholder has announced. Days after Israel's Believer Meats announced it had ceased operations, another leading cultivated meat…
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The EU's first Biotech Act has proposed to expand the support given to companies looking for novel food approval, but has kept these products out of the scope of regulatory sandboxes. Despite promising a regulatory overhaul for novel…
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Chinese startup Joes Future Food has built the country's largest pilot plant for cultivated meat, after completing the world’s first scaled trial production run of its pork. In a sign of China's biotech prowess, Nanjing-based Joes…
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US cultivated meat startup Fork & Good has signed a strategic collaboration with Nutreco and Extracellular to scale up its beef and pork in a cost-efficient manner. Weeks after acquiring fellow cultivated meat producer Orbillion Bio…
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Israeli cultivated meat startup Believer Meats, which received US approval for its chicken this year, has ceased operations, a week after it was hit with a lawsuit over unpaid bills. Just over a month after becoming the fifth company to…
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The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia has ruled that cultivated meat can be halal if it meets certain basic conditions, the first such declaration by a Muslim-majority country. Malaysia's Islamic authority has issued a landmark…
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The UK's Food Standards Agency has published the first of several pieces of guidance for cultivated meat regulation, born out of its ongoing regulatory sandbox. The UK is finally breaking away from EU-era regulations on novel foods,…
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British tissue engineering company BSF Enterprise, owner of Lab-Grown Leather and cultivated meat firm 3D Bio-Tissues, has secured £15M ($19.8M) in fresh funding. To speed up the commercialisation of its cellular agriculture…
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Climate action organisation Project Drawdown has launched a new Explorer tool to classify environmental solutions based on their level of impact (or lack thereof). There are legions of ways to fight the climate crisis, both on an…
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