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Last news (more)
- Scientists devise greenest possible diet, including insect burgers and half a shot’s worth of booze
- Incorporation of novel foods in European diets can reduce global warming potential, water use and land use by over 80%
- Faux Leather, Real Money: Fabric Funding Sizzles As Startups Spin Out Cell-Grown Leather And More
- Big meat is gobbling up fake meat companies
- Seedrs and Vevolution partner to fund plant-based and cell-based start-ups
- Unicorn Bio is building the hardware to scale cultivated meat from lab to table
- Cultured meat burger on your plate is getting closer and closer: the Netherlands makes largest investment ever | Inland – World Today News
- Religion, Animals, and Technology
- Promoting plant-based: What motivates people to eat less meat?
- Cultivated meat: the novel food technology which could help animals and the planet | Eurogroup for Animals
- MeaTech has Developed a Unique Multi-Nozzle 3D Bioprinting System for Highly Precise Industrial Scale Production of Cultured Meat Products
- China Holds First Cellular Agriculture Forum To Embolden Cultivated Meat Progress
- Lab-grown meat firms say post-Brexit UK could be at forefront
- Cellular Agriculture Programs: When “Tastes Like Chicken” Takes on New Meaning
- Growing meat instead of raising animals for food
- A food tech unicorn CEO bets big on China’s appetite for lab-grown meat
- Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets
- Israel Innovation Authority’s $20.4M to Israel cultivated meat consortium
Compagnies and key players (more)
- Unicorn Bio is building the hardware to scale cultivated meat from lab to tableCultivated meat, grown in a bioreactor rather than out on the range, might be one of the big food trends of the … Read more
- MeaTech has Developed a Unique Multi-Nozzle 3D Bioprinting System for Highly Precise Industrial Scale Production of Cultured Meat ProductsThis innovative 3D bioprinting technology will be offered to third parties by a wholly owned private MeaTech subsidiary as an additional revenue … Read more
- A food tech unicorn CEO bets big on China’s appetite for lab-grown meatHis company also broke new ground with its GOOD Meat division by becoming the first company in the world to sell cultivated … Read more
- Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggetsThe latest company to attract venture capital is Nowadays, a company founded in San Francisco in 2020 as a Public Benefit Corporation … Read more
- Israel Innovation Authority’s $20.4M to Israel cultivated meat consortiumThe Israel Innovation Authority (IIA), an independent publicly funded agency, is investing $20.4M over the next three years to establish a consortium … Read more
- Cellulaire Agricultuur NederlandWe are a consortium of entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, pioneers, and food lovers who see cellular agriculture as a powerful tool to make … Read more
- CellMEAT, a South Korean lab-grown shrimp producer, bags $8.1M Series A fundingAs consumers’ interest in the environment and nutrition rises, food-tech companies join the race to invent meat alternatives. In 2021, alternative seafood … Read more
- UPSIDE Foods bites into $400M round to serve cultivated meat later this yearAnother company gobbling a large chunk of those meaty investment dollars for commercialization is UPSIDE Foods, which you might remember was Memphis … Read more
- Here’s Y Combinator’s answer to cultivated meat’s scaling problemTo do this, cultured and plant-based meat companies need to solve scientific problems ranging from bioreactor size and efficiency to the high … Read more
Events (more)
- The State of the Industry: Cultivated meat and seafood, April 19 2022
- The Science of Alt Protein: Cultivated meat science and product development – February 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm EST
- Future Of Food | Cultivate Tomorrow Hackathon February 12
- Cellular Agriculture: End of the Year Summit 2021 by CellAgri, December 9th
- Farm to Fork: What the analysis and data tell us – October 12, 2021
Laws, ethics and lobbies (more)
- Milk producers weigh into cultivated meat labeling debateWhile at first glance, milk producers might not appear to have any skin in the game in the debate over how to … Read more
- Five patenting pitfalls in future food (and how to avoid them)Future food is an emerging field, where the consensus around best practice is yet to settle. However, this provides significant opportunities for … Read more
- Plant-based meat labeling bill passes Kansas House, restaurants exemptThe bill “is needed to protect consumers from deceptive labels,” said Rep. Joe Newland, R-Neodesha, who carried the bill on the House … Read more
- Permission for cultured meat sampling next step towards sustainable meatToday, the Dutch House of Representatives passed a motion proposed by the D66 and VVD parties to make sampling of cultured meat … Read more
- Animal Rights Groups Don’t Want FSIS To Mandate Identification Of Lab-Grown Meat Production Process On Product LabelsFour animal rights groups have submitted a joint public comment in response to the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) advanced notice … Read more
- Editorial: Preparing for the Franken-burger – Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers AssociationOne day in the not-too-distant future, you may walk into your local supermarket and next to the ground beef, you will see … Read more
- Cultivated meat, cell-cultured meat, lab-grown meat? Stakeholders weigh in on nomenclature as products near commercialization in US marketComments submitted to USDA over how best to label meat and poultry made from animal cells grown outside of animals reflect the … Read more
- Cell-Cultured Meats Should be Distinctly Labeled, Ag Groups Tell USDA in Comments“Meat as defined by the CFR, is the muscle of an animal. Lab-grown protein companies claim that their products give consumers the … Read more
- Are Regulators Ready For Cultured Meat?Cell-cultured products will be ready to enter the market soon, so USDA and FDA need to create a framework that manufacturers can … Read more
Market (more)
- Big meat is gobbling up fake meat companiesMeat companies such as JBS and Cargill have invested heavily in plant-based proteins and laboratory-grown meats in recent years and bought out … Read more
- Promoting plant-based: What motivates people to eat less meat?Environmental concerns don’t motivate consumers to replace meat products with plant-based alternatives, new research suggests. So, what does prompt people to make … Read more
- China Holds First Cellular Agriculture Forum To Embolden Cultivated Meat ProgressDomestic cultivated meat companies in attendance at the first China Cellular Agriculture Forum included initiator Shanghai’s CellX, Hong Kong-based Avant Meats and … Read more
- Lab-grown meat firms say post-Brexit UK could be at forefrontEU product approvals for the technology will take up to three years but the lab-grown meat sector is hoping that a post-Brexit … Read more
- Cellular Agriculture Programs: When “Tastes Like Chicken” Takes on New MeaningOne of the liveliest discussions we had with our attendees was centered around cellular agriculture. Giving ourselves a slight pat on the … Read more
- 4 Undervalued Future-Of-Food Stocks To Consider BuyingThe food industry is undergoing significant transformations, with large corporations and start-ups innovating in taste, health benefits, safety, and transparency. People have … Read more
- As Meat Prices Rise, Could Plant-Based Meat Become a Value Option for Consumers?It’s not pretty. The average price of a pound of ground beef in the United States has jumped over 20% in the … Read more
- Faux Meat And Dairy Startups Consume Nearly Half Of Record $13B VC Investment Into FoodtechIt remains to be seen how foodtech will fare in 2022 compared to last year’s record investment totals. Startups in general this … Read more
- A deeper dive into plant-based meat sales in 2021New U.S. retail data commissioned by the Good Food Institute and the Plant Based Foods Association from SPINS shows that plant-based food … Read more
Research (more)
- Incorporation of novel foods in European diets can reduce global warming potential, water use and land use by over 80%Replacing animal-source foods in current diets with novel foods reduced all environmental impacts by over 80% and still met nutrition and feasible … Read more
- Religion, Animals, and TechnologyIn the case of cultured meat, religion and technology are co-constituting a potentialfuture where meat is produced sustainably, but these efforts and … Read more
- Acceptance of Cultured Meat in Germany— Application of an Extended Theory of Planned BehaviourThis study examines the willingness to consume a cultured meat burger in Germany. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), we … Read more
- This is how much meat and dairy hurt the climateIf the world were to end all meat and dairy production and transition to a plant-based food system over the next 15 … Read more
- Identifying Consumer Groups and Their Characteristics Based on Their Willingness to Engage with Cultured Meat: A Comparison of Four European CountriesCultured meat, as a product of recent advancement in food technology, might become a viable alternative source of protein to traditional meat. … Read more
- Mosa Meat (Kinda) Open Sources Its Method For Cultivating Meat Without FBSAnd this week, the company made news again with the publication of a paper on its method for achieving muscle differentiation through … Read more
- Scientists use algae to cultivate boneless sea bass filletA team of scientists plans to use algae to develop new techniques for cultivating boneless fish fillets from sea bass cells.The Algae2Fish … Read more
- Bioprocessing technology of muscle stem cells: implications for cultured meat: Trends in BiotechnologyMuscle stem cells (MuSCs) are essential for the growth, maintenance, and repair of skeletal muscle. In the emerging area of cultured meat, … Read more
- Analysis of the Cultured Meat Production System in Function of Its Environmental Footprint: Current Status, Gaps and RecommendationsCultured meat has been presented as an environmentally friendlier option to conventional meat, but due to the limited data, the studies related … Read more
Other alternatives to meat (more)
- Faux Leather, Real Money: Fabric Funding Sizzles As Startups Spin Out Cell-Grown Leather And MoreThis week was a case in point, with Silicon Valley-based VitroLabs, a developer of cell-cultivated leather, closing on $46 million in a … Read more
- Growing meat instead of raising animals for foodIn this episode of The Venture, we share a conversation with Josh Tetrick, CEO and cofounder of Eat Just. Founded in 2011, … Read more
- Ÿnsect opens first mealworm farm in US – Feed & Additive MagazineGlobal insect producer Ÿnsect has opened first mealworm farm in the US and entered premium chicken feed market by adding Jord Producers, … Read more
- M-Food co-founder argues Europe’s insect food ingredients boom has “higher potential than plant-based”With the two insect species having been granted Novel Food authorizations in the EU, FoodIngredientsFirst speaks to M-Food’s co-founder Dave van der … Read more
- Albert Heijn to go majority plant-based by 2030Albert Heijn, the Netherlands’ largest supermarket chain, has pledged to expand its plant-based range to more than half of its total offering … Read more
- Libre Foods Closes $2.5 Million Seed Round, Plant Alt Bacon Launch Across EuropeBarcelona biotech startup Libre Foods has announced the closure of a $2.5 million seed round to scale its mushroom bacon, with plans … Read more
- A plant-based filet mignon gave me a taste of a meatless futureJuicy Marbles uses a patent-pending 3D assembly system to recreate the taste and texture. A machine called the Meat-o-Matic 9000 layers the … Read more
- What Will the Future of Plant-Based Meat Look Like?In late 2021, Impossible Foods announced a record-breaking $500 million investment round to fuel the future of plant-based protein ahead of an … Read more
- 5 plant-based food trends and innovations for 2022 – Food Matters LiveOffer and demand for plant-based food is growing rapidly and exponentially and 2022 will see this market grow even further. Whilst almost … Read more