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The latest in cellular agriculture
Read recent news to learn about the field of cellular agriculture, and how these changes are shaping the future of meat production.
Cultivated Meat Production Facility Open to Public
Upside Foods, a cultivated meat company, is opening the doors of its Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center (EPIC) facility for...
Mar 8, 2022
World’s First - Cultivated Chicken Sold in Food Stall
For the first time, cultivated chicken was available for purchase at a food stall in an open-air hawker center in Singapore. The meal...
Mar 2, 2022
Connecticut Governor Tastes Cultivated Meat, in Talks to Bring Production to State
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont met with several Israeli companies including Future Meat and Aleph Farms to decide where to allocate up...
Feb 28, 2022
Wildtype Raises $100M for Cultivated Salmon from DiCaprio, Bezos, and Others
San Francisco-based startup Wildtype has raised $100M in funding from Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr's FootPrint Coalition, and...
Feb 23, 2022
Fiction Foods Announces Cultivated Nutrient-Rich “Performance Scramble”
Fiction Foods announced an update in its cellular agriculture pipeline, the commercial launch of its first egg alternative product...
Feb 17, 2022
U.S. Patent Approved for Israeli Cultivated Animal and Breast Milk Tech
Israeli company Wilk Technologies has recently been granted a U.S. patent for its procedures and technologies for cultivated animal and...
Feb 14, 2022
New Regulations to Pave Way for Cultivated Meat in UK
Following Brexit, the UK no longer has to adhere to EU approval processes for novel foods. These processes often take years to navigate...
Feb 9, 2022
India’s Population Prime for Cultivated Meat
A report shows 50% of India’s population of 1.39 billion are open to trying cultivated meat, and 60% would be willing to pay a premium...
Feb 7, 2022
Chicken of the Sea Parent Company Invests $30M in Cultivated Meat
Thai Union Group, one of the world’s largest seafood manufacturers, has partnered with several cultivated meat companies including...
Feb 3, 2022
China Includes Cultivated Meat in Five-Year Agricultural Plan
For the first time ever, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs’ Five Year Agricultural Plan includes cultivated meat! The...
Jan 31, 2022
Upside Foods Acquisition Adds Lobster to Portfolio
Upside Foods recently purchased Cultured Decadence, a company working to cultivate Maine lobster meat from cells. Upside Foods is...
Jan 27, 2022
Master Chef Judge Tries Cultivated Meat in Blind Taste Test
Cultivated meat start-up SuperMeat held a blind taste test at their restaurant The Chicken, the world’s first restaurant to serve this...
Jan 24, 2022
Cultivated Beef to be Available in US in 2022
Aleph Farms expects to introduce cultivated beef to restaurants in the United Stated later this year. A recent partnership with Wacker...
Jan 21, 2022
Cultivated Meat Predicted to be a $600B Industry by 2040
A recent report from the Edison Group found that the cultivated meat industry could become a near $600B industry by the year 2040, making...
Jan 17, 2022
World's Largest Beef Producer Invests $100M in Cultivated Meat
JBS, the world’s largest producer of beef and poultry, is investing $100M into two cultivated meat projects in Spain and Brazil. This...
Jan 10, 2022
2021 Saw More Luxury Restaurants Move to Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat Menus
The COVID-19 pandemic led a new wave of chefs and restaurants to reconsider the use of traditional meat in their menus. While many chose...
Jan 3, 2022
The Largest Investment in Cultivated Meat to Date Raised by Israel’s Future Meat
Israel’s Future Meat, a company that creates cultivated chicken, lamb, and beef products, has raised $347 million, the largest single...
Dec 22, 2021
CellMEAT Debuts World’s First Cultivated Dokdo Shrimp Prototype
South Korea’s CellMEAT has announced the successful development of a cultivated Dokdo shrimp, which they have replicated in a number of...
Dec 20, 2021
UPSIDE Foods Announces Breakthrough
UPSIDE Foods announced a biological breakthrough: the nutrient-rich broth it uses to feed cells to produce cultivated meat is now 100%...
Dec 13, 2021
US Regulators Face Challenges Deciding Nomenclature
As cultivated meat nears commercialization in the US, stakeholders’ comments submitted to USDA over how best to label this meat made from...
Dec 6, 2021
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