Wagyu doing? Japanese lab bioprints Holy Grail beef cut
In Japan, scientists have successfully grown wagyu—a premium variety of beef known for its marbling and tenderness—in a lab.
Using cells taken from a cow’s...
Meek Mill, Emily Ratajkowski among investors in cultivated meat platform
In San Francisco, Prolific Machines has emerged from stealth mode and announced $42 million in funding for its scalable cultivated meat platform. Backers in...
Let them eat macarons: Animal-free egg whites to debut in demanding baking application
In San Francisco, precision fermentation firm The EVERY Co. has unveiled animal-free egg whites and will soon prove their alternative’s “whipping and gelling” properties...
Israeli cultured meat plant can grow equivalent of 250 chickens a day
In Israel, Future Meat Technologies has claimed the world’s first cultured meat factory as well as the emerging industry’s most competitive price point—$3.90 for...
Cultivated meat for the military draws ire
In the US, BioMADE has issued a call for proposals for food and material innovations with military applications. The Department of Defense manufacturing innovation...
Edible bug grants now available in Europe
In Northwest Europe, companies looking to develop insect-based foods can apply for grants. The European ValuSect (Valuable Insects) consortium is offering forty grants, worth...
The Impossible Burger debuts in Hong Kong, its first international destination
In Hong Kong, Impossible Foods launched its award-winning plant-based meat in Hong Kong at some of the city's most beloved restaurants: Little Bao, Happy...
Re:meat raises $1.1 million in oversubscribed funding round for cultivated
In Sweden, cultivated meat startup Re:meat has successfully closed an oversubscribed funding round, raising €1 million (US$1.1 million) to establish Scandinavia’s first "Re:meatery," a...
Consumers now insisting on multi-nutrient content, says TerraVia
In California, TerraVia, the algae-based nutrition and specialty ingredients company formerly known as Solazyme, is benefitting from rising demand for plant-based proteins with nutritional...
Nebraska’s Governor moves to ban lab-grown meat
In Nebraska, Governor Jim Pillen has signed an executive order “creating strict guidelines” for state agencies and its contractors to “protect the state’s agriculture...