Cell-Based News

Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments in the…
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Dutch cell-based beef pioneers Mosa Meat has been awarded EU funding for its project with Nutreco to reduce costs of cell culture media.
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As our food system continues to battle challenges brought on by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, innovation in the food tech startup world has been racing to come up with disruptive solutions. From gut-health to upcycled…
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By: Prof. Dr. Muriel Vernon, Dr. Sundar Pattabiraman and Henri Kunz Recently, two Techno Economic Analyses (TEAs) on the subject of (commodity) cultivated meat have been hotly debated. More specifically, the critical cost reduction…
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Joes Future Food, the first food tech in China to produce cell-based pork, has secured 70 million RMB (US$10.9 million) in its Series A.
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This week, in food tech news: TiNDLE partners with a football star, the Raging Pig Co. announces a spin on vegan bacon, and more.
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Biomilq, the female-led biotech developing lab-grown breastmilk, has secured $21 million in a Series A round with backing from Bill Gates.
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The USDA has awarded $10 million to Tufts University for the National Institute for Cellular Agriculture to study cultivated protein.
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The Environmental Defense Fund says seeking a food additive petition is the most “credible” regulation pathway for cell-based meat companies.
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South African startup Mogale Meat is building out its BioBank of antelope and cattle cells to grow healthy, sustainable meat for the region.
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After making a public commitment to regenerative agriculture food supply chains last month, Switzerland-based food giant Nestlé has launched egg and shrimp alternatives, further expanding its portfolio of plant-based foods available to…
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Almost 30% of the world’s biggest food retailers and producers are now pivoting to alternative protein, a new report finds.
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Just a few short years ago, it was unusual to get more than a handful of stories each week about meat analogues, dairy alternatives, and other alt foods. Nowadays, the opposite is true. In fact, there are so many developments in the…
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New consumer research finds that more than 95% of residents in Hong Kong are interested in trying cell-based meat and seafood.
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Jane Goodall is set to narrate the story of cultivated protein in the new documentary Meat The Future, which will also feature Moby's music.
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New Age Meats is racing ahead to scale production and launch its first product, cell-based sausages, in the US by 2022 after bagging $25 million in funding. The new Series A round, led by South Korean energy giant Hanwha Solutions, will…
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Shanghai, China-based HEROTEIN has entered into a strategic partnership with Mission Barns, a US-based cellular agriculture company currently developing cultivated animal fat. Through the partnership, the companies will work together to…
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£2.1 billion is on the line for the UK economy, and it depends on whether the government will greenlight its burgeoning cell-based meat sector. In a new report, Oxford Economics researchers find that the industry could add as many as…
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Rehovot, Israel-based cultivated meat company Aleph Farms has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with two of Asia’s largest food companies. Thai Union, the Thailand-based seafood-product company, and Korea-based food and bio company…
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Avant, the Hong Kong-based startup culturing fish directly from cells, is now gearing up to make cultivated fish a mass-market reality in Singapore. Teaming up with Singapore’s tech innovation agency A*STAR, Avant will be setting up a…
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You might have heard about cellular agriculture being used to create cultivated steak or cultured chicken bites, but now, scientists are focusing on the luxury seafood delicacy: caviar. In the Netherlands, a new research project is now…
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