UPSIDE Foods, a cultivated meat company based in Berkeley, California, showcased its cultivated chicken sandwiches at the Indianapolis 500 event ahead of Indiana’s statewide ban on cultivated meat sales, effective July 1, 2025. The company criticized the ban as anti-free market and un-American, emphasizing consumer choice. The event underscored the broader debate over cultivated meat’s role in the food industry. Legal battles and public outreach remain central to its strategy amid growing regulatory pushback.
Upside Foods Serves Cultivated Chicken at Indy 500 Ahead of Indiana’s Cultivated Meat Ban
ByGrégory Maubon
May 31, 2025
By Grégory Maubon
Leading Innovation ++ on the Field ++ with a Purpose => I used AI in cultivated meat industry to optimize bioreactor design and to dramatically improve the efficiency and quality of production. I developed high quality 3D imagery process in a biotechnological startup to disrupt the drug discovery methods.