Cell-Based News

China's Nanjing Agricultural University and Joes Future Food hosted the 2026 Global Forum on Cultured Meat last week, bringing together future food experts from across the world. For cultivated meat to succeed, cross-sector…
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Canadian startup Opalia has secured C$3.2M ($2.3M) in the first close of a funding round to expand production of its cell-based dairy and pursue regulatory clearance in North America. Months after signing its first commercial supply…
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US startup Friends & Family Pet Food is rolling out 12 cultivated meat products for cats and dogs in Singapore retail, ahead of a fresh $1.1M funding drive. Singaporeans can now buy cultivated meat for their furry friends. …
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US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has aired his "amplified concern" about cultivated meat, promising that these proteins would have to undergo strict FDA oversight. 2025 was a milestone year for cultivated meat in the US, with…
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Japanese conglomerate Ajinomoto has developed a plant-derived transferrin protein alternative that can significantly lower culture media costs for cultivated meat production. In its bid to drive down the cost of producing cultivated…
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Alternative protein think tank the Good Food Institute has released its State of the Industry reports for 2025, covering plant-based, fermentation-derived and cultivated proteins. People across the world bought more plant-based meat and…
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The Singapore Food Agency has published its complete list of approved novel foods, including cultivated meat and fermentation-derived proteins, days before doling out another green light. Cementing its regulatory leadership for…
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Cultivated meat is significantly more environmentally friendly than conventional animal proteins like beef or pork, according to a new peer-reviewed study. The argument for cultivated meat is undeniable on the animal rights front, but…
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Mondelēz International has used Celleste Bio's cell-based cocoa butter to create nearly a dozen milk chocolate bars, a milestone moment for the cellular agriculture industry. Cell-based chocolate is no longer a pipe dream – and one of…
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French cultivated meat pioneer Parima, the parent company of Gourmey and Vital Meat, has obtained regulatory clearance to sell its cultivated duck in Singapore, its second such approval in six months. Parisian startup Parima has become…
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German startup Bluu has scaled up production of its cultivated fish cells to 1,000-litre bioreactors in partnership with Dutch firm Cultivate at Scale, with the personal care sector its first target. Months after expanding its focus…
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The EU's decision to exclude novel foods from regulatory sandboxes under the Biotech Act is facing pushback from the food industry, including a trade group representing the sector's largest companies. Novel foods are the only category…
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Brazilian meat behemoth JBS has opened a $37M facility to produce what it calls "superproteins", which include microbial and cultivated proteins, targeting supplements and precision nutrition. The world's largest meat company just made…
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Wisconsin's bid to restrict the labelling and sale of cultivated meat has been rejected, with Governor Tony Evers vetoing the bill as it would create "more questions than it would answer". A Wisconsin bill attempting to ban the sale of…
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The Dutch Research Council has awarded €4.1M ($4.7M) to three cellular agriculture research projects looking to scale up cultivated meat and precision-fermented foods. Extending its role as one of Europe's future food leaders, the…
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Mississippi has enacted the US's first ban on the sale of cultivated dairy products, with Governor Tate Reeves allowing the bill to pass without his signature. A US state has outlawed a food category that is nowhere to be seen yet. …
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US startup California Cultured has secured self-affirmed GRAS status for its cell-based cocoa powder and notified the FDA of its determination. It's currently fundraising and eyeing a launch later this year. Having already landed deals…
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Australian future food advocacy groups Food Frontier and Cellular Agriculture Australia have merged to accelerate research, policy breakthroughs, and regulatory progress for sustainable proteins. Since the highs of 2020-21, the…
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In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat as just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant. To get meat-eaters to bite into a steak made from cultured…
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The UK's food security minister has confirmed that alternative proteins represent a "major opportunity" in the upcoming national food strategy, with a promise to accelerate novel food approvals. Just a week after the UK's food safety…
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Czech food tech startup Mewery has achieved one of the highest yield densities in the cultivated meat sector, and is now halfway through a €7M ($8M) fundraising effort. Mewery has taken a major step to move its cultivated pork from…
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