Cultured Meat

Regulatory Approval Remains a Major Challenge for Cell-Based Meat Despite $800M in Funding

June 30, 2021 Lux Research

The cell-based meat industry consisted of a mere handful of startups in 2016 but has grown to about 80 startups in 2021, including companies working on end products in addition to those taking on specific technology challenges. …

Future Meat Technologies Launches World’s First Industrial Cultured Meat Production Facility

June 25, 2021 Future Meat Technologies

Future Meat Technologies, an industry-leading company developing innovative technology to produce cultured meat, has opened the world’s first industrial cultured meat facility. With the capability to produce 500 kilograms of cultured products a day, equivalent to 5,000 hamburgers, this facility makes scalable cell-based meat production a reality. …

GOOD Meat, a Division of Eat Just, Inc., Secures $170M to Scale Meat Without Slaughter

May 18, 2021 Eat Just

Eat Just, Inc., a company that applies cutting-edge science and technology to create healthier, more sustainable foods, announced today that its GOOD Meat division has secured $170 million in new funding. …

Food Innovation Leader Memphis Meats is Now UPSIDE Foods and Officially Announces Chicken as its First Consumer Product

May 14, 2021 UPSIDE Foods

Memphis Meats, the leading company in cell-cultured meat, poultry and seafood (also known as cultured meat) becomes UPSIDE Foods. This signifies that the company is now ready for business with its first consumer product: chicken. …

Alliance for Meat, Poultry and Seafood Innovation and National Fisheries Institute Send Joint Letter In Response to FDA Request for Information on ‘Labeling of Foods Comprised of or Containing Cultured Seafood Cells’

March 8, 2021 National Fisheries Institute

The Alliance for Meat, Poultry and Seafood Innovation (AMPS Innovation), an industry coalition representing the makers of cell-cultured meat, poultry and seafood products, and the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), a trade association that represents companies throughout the seafood production supply chain, jointly submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s Labeling of Foods Comprised of or Containing Cultured Seafood Cells Request for Information. …