Cell-Based News

The UK is set to fast-track its approval of cultivated meat as part of a bilateral agreement with Israel, according to the Telegraph. The news comes two months after Israel's Aleph Farms became the first cultured meat company to file for…
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Brazilian meat giant JBS has broken ground on a $62M cultivated meat research and development facility in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. Billed as the largest food biotech centre in Brazil, it's scheduled to open at the end of 2024. The…
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Shanghai-based agtech firm CellX has announced the successful trial of its first 200-litre fish cell pilot production, marking an important step towards its industrial application of cultivated seafood products. It comes a month after the…
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Three months after becoming the joint-first company to gain regulatory approval for cultivated meat in the US, California-based Upside Foods has announced a new commercial-scale manufacturing plant near Chicago. The new facility will begin…
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Launched last week, the Plenty Foundation is a new non-profit aiming to address the challenges in Africa's food system through biotech solutions and key multisector partnerships. Speaking to Green Queen, its founder Arturo Jose Garcia…
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Cultivated meat can be considered halal if it meets certain criteria, according to three Shariah scholars who advised alt-protein leader Eat Just on the matter. The company, whose subsidiary GOOD Meat became the world's first cultured meat…
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Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has announced that it has become the first cultivated meat company in the world to attain B Corp certification, in what the company calls a significant milestone for its sustainability commitments.…
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Canadian cultivated meat startup The Better Butchers has revealed plans to open what would be the world's first exclusively cultured meat butchery within the next two years. The brand says it wants to be Canada's first company to launch…
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North Carolina-based biotech startup Jellatech has announced a $3.5M oversubscribed seed funding round to amp up the production of its cell-based collagen and other proteins. It comes months after the firm created a fully functional human…
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Chinese cultivated meat startup Jimi Biotech has developed what it claims is the world's first deer antler stem cell line, making it capable of mass-producing these cells. It comes months after it unveiled the country's first…
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Los Angeles startup Omeat, which launched in June after four years in stealth mode, has launched and already completed the first commercial sales of Plenty, its ethical and affordable alternative to fetal bovine serum (FBS). The product is…
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South Africa's Mzansi Meat is rebranding to Newform Foods, and has developed a cost-effective bioproduction platform to accelerate production of cultivated meat. Africa's first cell-cultured meat company, Newform Foods is in early-stage…
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While it's a rapidly growing industry, cultivated meat is still a new concept to people, with regulators in only two countries across the world approving its sale so far. A new study has analysed the impact of food technology neophobia – a…
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Shanghai-based cellular agriculture company CellX has announced the completion of the first large-scale cultivated meat pilot factory. It follows the firm's strategic partnership with food manufacturing specialists Tofflon in February when…
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Dutch startup Meatable has raised $35M in funding to scale the production and accelerate the commercial launch of its cultivated pork. Bringing the total funding received by the company to $95M, the announcement comes a month after it…
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On August 5, 2013, a team of Dutch scientists from Maastricht University, led by Dr Mark Post, showcased the world's first burger made from cultivated meat at a tasting in London. It was the result of decades of research and trials, with…
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Israeli-cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms has filed for regulatory approval to put its cell-based steak on restaurant menus in the UK, reports Bloomberg. The alt-protein producer made the application on July 21, days after applying for…
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Israel-based cultivated meat producer Aleph Farms has officially submitted an application to the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office seeking regulatory approval to sell the world's first cultivated beef steaks under its Aleph…
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Israeli deep-tech cultivated meat company Steakholder Foods has announced a strategic partnership with an accredited governmental body based in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the first of its kind multi-million-dollar collaboration.…
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Following the USDA approval for its cultivated chicken, Upside Foods has announced that public reservations for the first dinner service at Michelin-starred Bar Crenn featuring its cultivated meat will go live on Thursday,…
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New assessments from Massachusetts-based supplier to the cultivated meat industry, Ark Biotech, shows how cultivated meat could quickly become competitively priced alongside traditional animal-based meat. Ark Biotech's novel…
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