Cultivated Meat

CULT Food Science Portfolio Company Mogale Meat Produces First Cultivated Chicken in Africa

April 12, 2022 CULT Food Science Corp.

Mogale Meat Co., has successfully created its first cultivated chicken breast product, which is the first of its kind in Africa. March 30, 2022 marked a major milestone for Mogale as its team showcased the first prototype to the public. The cultivated chicken breast, composed of real chicken muscle and fat cells blended with a mushroom matrix, is the first of many prototypes Mogale is planning to spotlight. …

Here’s Y Combinator’s Answer to Cultivated Meat’s Scaling Problem

April 11, 2022 Emma Betuel, TechCrunch

The positive impact alternative meat products — like plant-based meat or cultivated meat — can have on the environment is striking. In optimistic scenarios where we transition to from meat-laden to plant-based diets over the next 15 years, between 61–68% of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions can be avoided. …

Wanda Fish Technologies Enters Collaboration with Tufts University

March 29, 2022 Wanda Fish Technologies

FoodTech start-up Wanda Fish Technologies, Ltd. has signed two agreements with Tufts University to advance the company’s goals in the emerging field of cultivated fish. Under a licensing agreement, Wanda Fish gains exclusive rights to certain intellectual property in fish cell cultivation developed by Tufts researcher David Kaplan, a leader in the field of cellular agriculture. Additionally, a two-year sponsored research agreement with the university supports Kaplan’s research into cellular agriculture-based production of fish tissue. …

MeaTech’s Subsidiary to Open 21,530 Square Foot Pilot Plant in Belgium in 2023

March 29, 2022 MeaTech 3D

MeaTech 3D Ltd. announced that its Belgian subsidiary, Peace of Meat B.V., will build a 21,530 sq. ft. pilot plant in Belgium, with construction expected to commence in 2022. The new facility will expand and accelerate MeaTech’s cultured avian technology and R&D capabilities and help propel the company’s market entry. …

Aleph Farms Reveals Its Strategy to Replace the Whole Cow as an Alternative to Intensive Cattle Farming

March 16, 2022 Aleph Farms

Aleph Farms, the first company to grow cultivated beef steaks, today announced it is expanding its product line to include a unique platform for cell-cultured collagen production. The company’s highly differentiated, integrated strategy to develop a complete alternative to animals in intensive animal farming is a testament to its inclusive vision to supplement sustainable, but less productive, livestock agriculture practices. …