UPSIDE Foods

UPSIDE Foods Granted USDA Label Approval for Cultivated Meat and Moves One Step Closer to Commercialization

June 20, 2023 UPSIDE Foods

UPSIDE Foods, the leading cultivated meat, poultry and seafood company, announced that it obtained label approval for its cultivated chicken from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). With an approved label in hand, UPSIDE Foods is now working with USDA to obtain a Grant of Inspection (GOI) for its Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center (EPIC), the last remaining item in the pre-market regulatory process before the company can commercially produce and sell its cultivated chicken in the United States. The label uses the term “cell-cultivated chicken.” …

UPSIDE Foods Announces What’s Next on the Menu: A Mouth-Watering Array of Ground Meat Products Made from Real Animal Cells

May 2, 2023 UPSIDE Foods

E Foods, the leading cultivated meat, poultry and seafood company, announced a new range of consumer products made from real animal cells. Pending regulatory review, these cultivated ground meat products will broaden UPSIDE’s commercial portfolio to include a range of delicious options, such as chicken sausages, chicken sandwiches and dumplings. In addition, UPSIDE announced that it has developed a breakthrough chicken cell line for use in suspension cell culture that could substantially reduce the cost of production for these ground meat products. …

UPSIDE Foods Raises a $400M Series C Round to Commercialize Cultivated Meat at Scale

April 22, 2022 UPSIDE Foods

UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), the leading company in the cultivated meat, poultry, and seafood industry, has announced the close of a $400 million Series C funding round, the largest round in the industry to date. This new raise will help unlock the industry’s biggest opportunities around scale and places the company’s valuation at over $1 billion. Pending regulatory review, UPSIDE Foods plans to be available to consumers in the U.S. later this year. …

UPSIDE Foods Acquires Cultivated Seafood Company Cultured Decadence

February 4, 2022 UPSIDE Foods

UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), the leading company in the cultivated meat, poultry, and seafood industry, announced the acquisition of Cultured Decadence, a Madison, Wisconsin-based cultivated seafood company. …

UPSIDE Foods Appoints Dr. Robert Kiss as Executive Vice President of Technical Operations

October 26, 2021 UPSIDE Foods

Leading cultivated meat, poultry and seafood company UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) announced today the appointment of Robert (Bob) Kiss, Ph.D., as Executive Vice President (EVP) of Technical Operations. Dr. Kiss has three decades of industrial biotechnology experience and will oversee all of the company’s technical operations and processes for producing cultivated meat at research through commercial scales. …