cell-based meat

Perth-based startup Cass Materials has recently developed a new edible scaffold, which can be used by cellular agriculture food techs to manufacture cultivated proteins. The company’s biodegradable scaffolding, which is derived from nata…
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Biodesign startup Geltor has announced the closing of a US$91.3 million Series B financing round, which will go towards accelerating its animal-free ingredient platform. The startup cultivates its sustainable “designer proteins” that can…
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Indian entrepreneurs like Myoworks Co-Founder Shubhankar Takle can power the country's cultivated meat transformation. By: Good Food Institute India innovation specialist Nicole Rocque and Shardul Dabir As the global alternative…
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United Kingdom-based food tech Higher Steaks recently announced that it has developed the world’s first lab-grown pork belly prototypes and the second cell-based bacon (Mission Barns unveiled the first earlier this year). Using a hybrid…
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KFC has announced that it will partner with Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to develop bioprinted lab-grown chicken. It is a part of the global fast food giant’s aggressive strategy towards alternative protein in the wake of the…
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Cubiq Foods is a Barcelona-based startup developing cultivated fats for alternative protein products. While many food techs are working on cell-based meats, Cubiq Foods is focused on cultivating healthier “smart” omega-3-rich structured…
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A new consumer study finds that the term “cell-based” is the best way to label seafood made from cells grown in labs. Crucially, the study's data would appear to illustrate that the term 'did a good job at signaling' that the product is…
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Based out of Brussels, Tiamat Sciences is on a mission to make cultivated proteins a reality. Currently, cell-based food techs have developed prototypes of lab-grown meat, from seafood to beef, but have yet to overcome one key obstacle in…
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Southeast Asian agri-food tech accelerator GROW’s newly launched Singapore Food Bowl, an accelerator program focused on boosting Singapore’s food security in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, has just unveiled its participating startups.…
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Singapore-based startup TurtleTree Labs has recently been awarded S$1 million (US$718,800) by Temasek Foundation after winning The Liberty Challenge 2020. The prize money will help the company develop a pilot product in Singapore and to…
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A new online guided course on cellular agriculture is now available for free, containing concise introductory information and insights into the emerging food technology that represents one of the most crucial solutions to our unsustainable…
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Cultivated and other alternative proteins will soon have rules drawn up by Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry. The announcement comes as food security concerns continue to loom large amid the coronavirus pandemic, on top…
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In a plenary session between the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC), cell-based meat development was discussed as a major solution to make China’s food supply more…
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Singapore-based biotechnology startup TurtleTree Labs has just announced fresh funding from global investors, including Hong Kong’s Green Monday Ventures, the investment arm of plant-based disruptor Green Monday. The company is the one of…
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Singapore-based food tech startup Shiok Meats has just announced that it has raised US$3 million in a bridge funding round ahead of its Series A. The company plans to use the new funds to set up its first manufacturing plant in Singapore,…
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Japanese food tech IntegriCulture Inc. has just completed its Series A funding with ¥800 million (US$7.4 million). The round was led by Beyond Next Ventures, NH Foods and AgFunder, and marks the largest Series A raised by the cultivated…
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In a new industry report published by nonprofit the Good Food Institute (GFI), experts predict that there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about the future of the alternative protein sector in the post-Covid-19 world. Even amidst the…
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IntegriCulture Inc., a cellular agriculture company based in Japan, has just announced the launch of its new “Uni-CulNet” framework, a standardised cell-based agriculture infrastructure system. The two-pronged framework will involve a…
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Lab-grown, cultured, cell-based – all these terms refer to cultivated meat, whereby animal flesh or byproducts are produced without any animal killing. And no, we aren't talking about plant-based alternatives such as Beyond Meat or…
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In a new study, food science researchers have found that textured soy protein, the edible byproduct of extracting soybean oil, can help recreate the texture of a meat bite in lab-grown beef. Prototypes of this new blend of cultured beef…
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Singapore’s food tech startup Shiok Meats has just been named one of Fast Company’s top 10 most innovative companies in Asia-Pacific. Founded in 2018, the startup aims to disrupt the unsustainable US$40 billion shrimp market with its…
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