Cell-Based News

Austrian-American food tech startup BioCraft Pet Nutrition has published a publicly available regulatory dossier for cultivated meat ingredients in pet food, proposing a minimum safety disclosure standard for the industry. To advance…
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The EU has invested €5.5M ($6.3M) in the Coco-AI project, which aims to use artificial intelligence to develop a plant cell culture platform to grow sustainable cocoa. As part of its Horizon Europe scheme, the EU is betting on…
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NFX UK, a dedicated network of experts backing the novel foods sector, has secured $650,000 in funding to accelerate regulatory approvals in the UK and expand its work into Europe. Just as the UK government publishes its latest set of…
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The UK's Food Standards Agency has published the second tranche of guidance documents for cultivated meat regulation, just as the country pursues an EU trade agreement that could jeopardise approvals. As the UK and the EU navigate a new…
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Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has received an €875,000 ($1M) loan from state-owned Invest International to navigate regulatory processes and launch into countries across the globe. Seven months after raising €15M ($17.6M at…
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German engineering company GEA is relocating its Application and Technology Center for future food from Hildesheim to Sarstedt with a €4M ($4.6M) investment. Three years after opening its first novel food scale-up facility, Germany’s…
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French cultivated meat leader Parima has demonstrated tonne-scale production of its duck at viable cost economics on a 22,000-litre line run by Australia's Vow. As it awaits regulatory approval in Australia, France's Parima has…
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US startup Wildtype has kicked off a crowdfunding drive to begin direct-to-consumer sales of its cultivated salmon lox and launch a marine complex supplement for skincare. Wildtype, which has been selling its cultivated salmon in a…
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US biotech startup Jellatech has signed a deal with South Korea's Hugel to develop and commercialise its cell-based human collagen for medical aesthetics and cosmetic products. Jellatech is inching closer to bringing its recombinant…
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Australian cultivated meat leader Vow has named Alex Andrews as its new CEO, with co-founder George Peppou becoming an executive director, as the startup cuts jobs and eyes new verticals for its cell-culture technology. A year after…
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Israel's Coffeesai has partnered with Brevel to produce cell-cultured coffee using the latter's illuminated fermentation technology. Israeli food tech startups Coffeesai and Brevel have teamed up to accelerate the production of…
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A new study outlines consumer attitudes towards breakthrough scientific technologies, including cultivated meat, whose potential is greatest among Gen Z. Gen Z was touted as the climate generation, behind movements like Fridays for…
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Tufts University spinout Deco Labs has developed a plant-derived replacement for albumin, the most expensive component of culture media used in the production of cultivated meat. The most expensive parts of manufacturing cultivated meat…
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The Malaysian government is studying cultivated meat and other alternative proteins to secure its food supply in the face of climate change and El Niño. With a "super" El Niño set to raise temperatures to extreme levels, countries need…
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Cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms has reduced some roles from its Israel operations as part of its outsourcing-based production model, calling it the "right move" in the current landscape. Israeli cultivated meat firm Aleph Farms has…
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US startup Ayana Bio and Israeli fermentation specialist Brevel have received $1.25M from a binational fund to scale plant cell culture tech using illuminated fermentation to produce bioactive ingredients. A new partnership aims to…
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RespectFarms is officially inaugurating the world's first cultivated meat farm this week, which is built on an existing dairy operation and features an experience centre. Seven months after installing cultivated meat units on Corné van…
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RespectFarms has teamed up with the South Holland province to launch the first Cell Farmers Symposium, highlighting how the cultivated meat industry can help farmers. The what-happens-to-farmers argument is one of the most pressing…
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A feeding trial shows that BeneMeat's cultivated hamster meat is well-accepted and digested by cats, who leave significantly fewer scraps than when they eat conventional chicken. While cats may be viewed as obligate carnivores,…
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Spanish-American chef José Andrés, one of the food industry's most outspoken advocates for climate action, has partnered with Wildtype to serve its cultivated salmon at Barmini in Washington, DC. While a few states are spending months…
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German food-tech startup MyriaMeat has successfully established a pluripotent stem cell line from roe deer, expanding its cultivated meat product portfolio. Munich-based MyriaMeat has laid the groundwork for developing a cultivated…
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