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Last news (more)
- Top stories in Cultivated Meat – November 2024
- Canadian Novel Foods Regulatory Framework – December 10 – online 🗓
- Is the Future of Lab-Grown Meat in Luxury Products?
- New Tri-Party Initiative Launches to Accelerate Cultivated Meat in South Korea Ahead of 2025 Market Launch
- Cultivated Meat: What is Needed From the New Government?
- Paris-based Faircraft raises €15 million to expand lab-grown leather production
- The Cultured Hub opens its doors
- Sustainable Foods – 28-29 January 2025 – London 🗓
- Vow Unveils World’s First Cultured Quail ‘Foie Gras’
- JACA calls for clear cultivated meat regulations
- [job] We’re Hiring a Co-Director of RRI in the EU – New Harvest – Amsterdam
- Top food tech trends 2025
- Australian cultivated food regulations advance
- SuperMeat Achieves Breakthrough in Cost Parity for Cultivated Chicken Production
- Meatable earns investment from sustainability-focused bank
- [job] Research Fellow (Stem Cell Differentiation Biology) – Nanyang Technological University – Singapore
- Lab-Grown Eel Producer Achieves ‘Record-Breaking’ Development
- Jellatech opens new 9,000-square-foot US facility
Compagnies and key players (more)
- New Tri-Party Initiative Launches to Accelerate Cultivated Meat in South Korea Ahead of 2025 Market LaunchThe Good Food Institute APAC (GFI APAC), the Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO), and the Bio-based Future Food Industry Committee (BFFIC) have… Read more: New Tri-Party Initiative Launches to Accelerate Cultivated Meat in South Korea Ahead of 2025 Market Launch
- The Cultured Hub opens its doorsThe Cultured Hub — a joint venture of Swiss companies Givaudan, Bühler and Migros — has opened doors on its “pioneering scale-up… Read more: The Cultured Hub opens its doors
- Vow Unveils World’s First Cultured Quail ‘Foie Gras’Today Vow launched Forged Gras – a revolutionary twist on the delicacy, foie gras – making it the first and only company… Read more: Vow Unveils World’s First Cultured Quail ‘Foie Gras’
- SuperMeat Achieves Breakthrough in Cost Parity for Cultivated Chicken ProductionThe data collected in the current 10-liter scale production runs provide a foundation for evaluating the economics in larger bioreactors. The continuous… Read more: SuperMeat Achieves Breakthrough in Cost Parity for Cultivated Chicken Production
- Meatable earns investment from sustainability-focused bank“We are excited to partner with Desmos as we embark on this new funding round,” Meatable CEO Jeff Tripician said in a… Read more: Meatable earns investment from sustainability-focused bank
- Lab-Grown Eel Producer Achieves ‘Record-Breaking’ DevelopmentThe Israeli company’s technology has reached a cell density of over 300 million cells per ml with minimal and precise use of… Read more: Lab-Grown Eel Producer Achieves ‘Record-Breaking’ Development
- Jellatech opens new 9,000-square-foot US facilityJellatech CEO Stephanie Michelsen said: “Our new facility represents a leap forward in our ability to deliver high-quality, consistent and ethically produced… Read more: Jellatech opens new 9,000-square-foot US facility
- JBS’s BioTech Foods opens new US$36.1M cultivated meat facility in SpainThis is part of the company’s plan to increase its presence in the alternative protein sector.The facility, backed by an investment of… Read more: JBS’s BioTech Foods opens new US$36.1M cultivated meat facility in Spain
- MicroLub closes £3.5m investment round to commercialise fat-replacement techDeep-tech spin out company from the UK’s University of Leeds, MicroLub, has closed a £3.5 million seed investment round. The funding will… Read more: MicroLub closes £3.5m investment round to commercialise fat-replacement tech
Events (more)
- Canadian Novel Foods Regulatory Framework – December 10 – online 🗓
- Sustainable Foods – 28-29 January 2025 – London 🗓
- Working session on cultured meat safety ! – December 12, 2024 – Austin, Texas 🗓
- Cultivated meat: opportunities and challenges – November 14 – Online 🗓
- The 3rd Annual Meat Evolution Leaders Summit MEVO 2025 – 12th & 13th February 2025 – Singapore 🗓
Jobs (more)
- [job] We’re Hiring a Co-Director of RRI in the EU – New Harvest – Amsterdam
- [job] Research Fellow (Stem Cell Differentiation Biology) – Nanyang Technological University – Singapore
- [job] Technicien Production Bioprocédés – VITAL MEAT – Saint-Herblain
- [job] VP R&D – Sea2Cell – Israel
- [job] Mechanical Engineer – Smart MCs -Australia
Laws, ethics and lobbies (more)
- Cultivated Meat: What is Needed From the New Government?The UK possesses the technology and talent necessary to revolutionise and transform its food systems – it could be a global leader.… Read more: Cultivated Meat: What is Needed From the New Government?
- JACA calls for clear cultivated meat regulationsThe Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture in late October submitted a proposal to Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture,… Read more: JACA calls for clear cultivated meat regulations
- Australian cultivated food regulations advanceFood Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) on Tuesday announced it would kick off a second round of public consultation on an application… Read more: Australian cultivated food regulations advance
- ‘Do not eat this disgusting fake meat’: JD VanceJD Vance, the Republican nominee for US vice president, last week aired his opinion of alt-meat as a guest on the Joe… Read more: ‘Do not eat this disgusting fake meat’: JD Vance
- UK Invests £1.6 Million in Europe’s First Regulatory Sandbox to Fast-Track Cultivated Meat ApprovalsClaimed as Europe’s first, the sandbox aims to accelerate the authorization process for these novel proteins. Cultivated meat must undergo a comprehensive… Read more: UK Invests £1.6 Million in Europe’s First Regulatory Sandbox to Fast-Track Cultivated Meat Approvals
- FSIS updates cultivated meat inspection processUSDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Wednesday issued updated instructions on how to collect cell-cultured food products and send samples… Read more: FSIS updates cultivated meat inspection process
- India’s Health Minister Talks Up Regulatory Support of Novel FoodsThe Indian government’s support for alternative proteins continues to shore up, with the country’s health minister highlighting the importance of regulatory reform… Read more: India’s Health Minister Talks Up Regulatory Support of Novel Foods
- Cultivated Foie Gras flies into Europe – prepare for legal disruptionLegal disruption occurs when new technologies challenge the applicability and suitability of existing regulatory frameworks. In our view, the authorization procedure for… Read more: Cultivated Foie Gras flies into Europe – prepare for legal disruption
- Nebraska edges towards cultivated-meat banNebraska could become the latest US state to ban cultivated meat after Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order to limit its… Read more: Nebraska edges towards cultivated-meat ban
Market (more)
- Is the Future of Lab-Grown Meat in Luxury Products?Vow and its CEO, George Peppou, are angling cultivated meat as a luxury product — an unusual positioning for an industry where… Read more: Is the Future of Lab-Grown Meat in Luxury Products?
- Big Idea Ventures Announces Six New Investments Through Global Food Innovation Fund IIBig Idea Ventures (BIV), a global investment leader within the food-tech, agri-tech, and materials science sectors, announced six new company investments through… Read more: Big Idea Ventures Announces Six New Investments Through Global Food Innovation Fund II
- The Future for Cultivated Meat in EuropeTo understand the potential of this new industry within the EU, Systemiq, supported by the Good Food Institute Europe, modelled a range… Read more: The Future for Cultivated Meat in Europe
- BioFund 4 : A new €250M venture for European biotech, too early for alternative proteinsKurma Partners has launched BioFund 4, a new €250 million venture capital fund aimed at supporting innovation in the European pharmaceutical industry.… Read more: BioFund 4 : A new €250M venture for European biotech, too early for alternative proteins
- Cultivated meat won’t cross valley of death without public fundsLooking ahead, “There’s a valley of death we’re not going to cross as an industry without a massive infusion of public investment,”… Read more: Cultivated meat won’t cross valley of death without public funds
- Funding flows – Alt MeatIn fact, one type of meat clearly came out ahead when we looked at the top 10 funding rounds each year from… Read more: Funding flows – Alt Meat
- Study IDs options to boost alt-meat demand in Chinese marketIn an article published in the Institute of Food Technologists’ Journal of Food Science, Chinese respondents indicated a greater willingness-to-pay for various… Read more: Study IDs options to boost alt-meat demand in Chinese market
- AgFunder VC closes Fund IV oversubscribed on $102m, reveals deep tech portfolio focusAgFunder VC, the global deep tech venture capital firm investing in startups that can positively impact food and agriculture, and accelerate human… Read more: AgFunder VC closes Fund IV oversubscribed on $102m, reveals deep tech portfolio focus
- Tufts professor has ‘zero worries’ about viability of cultivated meatSpeaking to AgFunderNews after announcing “unprecedented” funding to hire five new faculty members to work on cultivated meat at a time when… Read more: Tufts professor has ‘zero worries’ about viability of cultivated meat
Research (more)
- A serum-free culture medium production system by co-culture combining growth factor-secreting cells and l-lactate-assimilating cyanobacteria for sustainable cultured meat productionHowever, RL34 cells can deplete nutrients and release harmful metabolites into the culture medium over time, potentially causing growth inhibition and apoptosis.… Read more: A serum-free culture medium production system by co-culture combining growth factor-secreting cells and l-lactate-assimilating cyanobacteria for sustainable cultured meat production
- Sorghum grain–based scaffolds expand lab-grown pork optionsMeat grown in a lab isn’t science fiction anymore. Cultured meats have existed for over a decade, and as of 2023, you… Read more: Sorghum grain–based scaffolds expand lab-grown pork options
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for cultured meatThis review covers the work available to date on the use of machine learning in cultured meat and explores future possibilities. We… Read more: Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for cultured meat
- A serum-free culture medium production system by co-culture combining growth factor-secreting cells and l-lactate-assimilating cyanobacteria for sustainable cultured meat productionMore seeded cells and longer culture periods are thought to yield higher growth factor levels, resulting in more effective muscle cell proliferation.… Read more: A serum-free culture medium production system by co-culture combining growth factor-secreting cells and l-lactate-assimilating cyanobacteria for sustainable cultured meat production
- Dynamically cultured, differentiated bovine adipose-derived stem cell spheroids as building blocks for biofabricating cultured fatIn this work we show the establishment of primary bovine adipose-derived stem cell spheroids in static and dynamic suspension culture. Spheroids are… Read more: Dynamically cultured, differentiated bovine adipose-derived stem cell spheroids as building blocks for biofabricating cultured fat
- Cellular agriculture research manages to culture pork fat tissue on rye protein scaffoldsNational University of Singapore (NUS) food scientists have developed a simple and scalable method for culturing pork fat tissue using protein scaffolds… Read more: Cellular agriculture research manages to culture pork fat tissue on rye protein scaffolds
- The important role of cellular mechanical microenvironment in engineering structured cultivated meat: recent advancesIn this review, we provide an updated understanding of the myogenesis process within mechanically dynamic three-dimensional microenvironments, discuss the effects of environmental… Read more: The important role of cellular mechanical microenvironment in engineering structured cultivated meat: recent advances
- What’s the beef with cultivated meat?The possibility of cultivating meat in laboratories should not serve as an excuse for inaction; instead of passively waiting for technological solutions,… Read more: What’s the beef with cultivated meat?
- Preventing the next pandemic – Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmissionIn this time of crisis, thousands of papers and guidelines have already been published about COVID-19. Most of these consider the important… Read more: Preventing the next pandemic – Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission
Other alternatives to meat (more)
- Alternative meat patents are on the up and here’s whyIP in meat alternatives have risen significantly as the market has grown, covering a wide range of areas, according to legal services… Read more: Alternative meat patents are on the up and here’s why
- Plant-based whole cut startup Juicy Marbles plans US retail launch in 2025, aims for profitability by year endThe firm, known for its quirky marketing, is now in 3,500 stores in multiple European markets, with major retail accounts including Tesco,… Read more: Plant-based whole cut startup Juicy Marbles plans US retail launch in 2025, aims for profitability by year end
- Foodtech startup Motif FoodWorks is closing downBoston-based foodtech firm Motif FoodWorks—best-known for its meaty tasting heme proteins produced via precision fermentation—is closing down, AgFunderNews has learned. Source: Foodtech… Read more: Foodtech startup Motif FoodWorks is closing down
- Nutreco announces opening of first cell feed production facilityNutreco has announced that it has completed construction on the world’s first dedicated food-grade powder production facility for cell feed in Boxmeer,… Read more: Nutreco announces opening of first cell feed production facility
- Impossible gets EU safety nod for key ingredientThe European Food Safety Authority Panel on Food Additive and Flavorings (FAF Panel) has concluded that the soy leghemoglobin used by Impossible… Read more: Impossible gets EU safety nod for key ingredient
- AQUA Cultured gets GRAS approvalAQUA Cultured Foods has self-affirmed that its cellulose-based product is Generally Recognized as Safe (“GRAS”) following a recent review by an independent… Read more: AQUA Cultured gets GRAS approval
- Navigating ultra-processed foods: getting clarity on complexityConfusion often arises when discussing or considering ultra-processed foods because the term itself is not uniformly defined or understood across different scientific… Read more: Navigating ultra-processed foods: getting clarity on complexity
- Danone, DMC, Michelin and Crédit Agricole Centre France to create precision fermentation platformDanone, Michelin, DMC Biotechnologies and Crédit Agricole Centre France have partnered to create the Biotech Open Platform to advance large-scale precision fermentation… Read more: Danone, DMC, Michelin and Crédit Agricole Centre France to create precision fermentation platform
- Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein established at NC StateNorth Carolina State University on Friday announced the foundation of the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at North Carolina State University, a… Read more: Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein established at NC State