A first-of-its-kind decision could impact the way billions of people eat meat in the future GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of food technology company Eat Just, Inc., announced that a group of leading Islamic scholars has advised the firm that real meat made from cells, without raising and slaughtering[Read More…]
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BioBetter pioneers cultivated meat future with molecular farming
Media growth start-up targets annual commercial production of 5 tonnes by 2025 FoodTech start-up BioBetter, Ltd., opens its first food-grade pilot facility to accelerate the production of key growth factors for the cultivated meat industry. The company has pioneered a unique protein manufacturing platform for producing growth factors (GFs) using[Read More…]
China’s Jimi Biotech develops world’s first deer antler stem cell line
Deer antlers hold significant cultural and dietary importance in China and other Asian countries, where they are revered as premium health products China’s cellular agriculture company, Jimi Biotech, has developed the world’s first deer antler stem cell line, making Jimi Biotech the first company globally capable of mass-producing deer antler[Read More…]
Israel’s Steakholder Foods unveils 3D Bio-printing business model
Business model will focus on selling 3D bio-printers and bio-inks designed to develop cultivated meat from ethically harvested cells Steakholder Foods, Israel-based deep-tech food startup at the forefront of the cultivated meat industry, has focused its business model to target B2B meat manufacturers and cultivated meat producers, by offering manufacturers the ability[Read More…]
Singapore develops plant-based cell culture scaffold for cheaper, sustainable cultured meat
The edible scaffolds can be 3D-printed using widely available plant prolamins A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully used common plant proteins to 3D-print an edible cell culture scaffold, allowing more affordable and sustainable lab-grown meat to be served on the table. Prolamins are a[Read More…]
ADM inks MoU with Israel-based startup to broaden protein ecosystem
Bringing expertise together to advance horizons of cultivated meat ADM, a global leader in sustainable nutrition, and Believer Meats, a leading pioneer of the cultivated meat industry, have signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on new ways to propel the development and commercialisation of cultivated meat products.[Read More…]
Korean firm CJ CheilJedang strategically invests in US-based startup Aqua Cultured Foods
Global plant-based seafood market is projected to reach $1.3 billion by 2031 US-based food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to bring its ultra-realistic seafood alternatives to market. The round was led by Stray Dog Capital, a venture capital fund specialising in alternative protein[Read More…]
Samsung picks cultivated meat startup TissenBioFarm for Accelerator Programme in Korea
TissenBioFarm is the world’s first company to develop mass-production technologies for whole-cut cultivated meat TissenBioFarm, a cultivated meat startup based in South Korea, has been selected for the “SAMSUNG Welstory TechUP+” programme. SAMSUNG Welstory and startup accelerator FuturePlay discover and support promising startups in the field of sustainable future food technologies through the programme.[Read More…]
Japan establishes future creation consortium for cultured meat
Contribute to solving environmental and food problems, improving people’s health, and proposing future foods The Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Shimadzu Corporation, Itoham Yonekyu Holdings Inc., Toppan Inc., and SIGMAXYZ Inc. have established “the future creation consortium for cultured meat.” The consortium focuses on concrete initiatives for practical implementation[Read More…]
Higher well-being individuals more receptive to cultivated meat: Singapore study
Positive relationship between people’s psychological well-being and their willingness to consume cultivated meat Researchers from Singapore Management University (SMU) have released a study that reveals a positive relationship between people’s psychological well-being and their willingness to consume cultivated meat. The research, titled ‘Higher well-being individuals are more receptive to cultivated meat: An investigation[Read More…]