Top stories in Cultivated Meat – March 2026

• The Australian organizations Food Frontier and Cellular Agriculture Australia are merging to consolidate research and advocacy for alternative proteins.
• The industry is now focusing on combining technologies, blending fungal proteins, precision fermentation, and cultured components to replicate the texture of meat.
• The Saudi group SIDG and Unibio are building a plant to convert natural gas into protein, targeting an initial annual production of 50,000 tons.
• The Malaysian company Cell AgriTech is acquiring Avant Proteins’ production equipment following financial difficulties at the latter’s Singapore branch.
• The agrifood-tech sector suffers a capital loss of $50 billion between 2023 and early 2026, leading to the closure of more than 100 companies.
• Investors now demand real economic efficiency and strategic partnerships rather than projects based on speculative valuations.
• Slow regulatory approval processes in the United Kingdom and the European Union are holding back investment and driving innovation to other regions.
• Researchers are calling for more open science, as excessive intellectual property protection is slowing the industry’s overall technical progress.
• The Dutch company Protix is moving its insect protein operations to Asia to benefit from lower costs and more flexible regulations.
• Maple Leaf Foods is divesting its pork division to focus on the profitability of its plant-based protein operations.

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