In Singapore, Meatiply has unveiled three lab-grown meat prototypes—smoked duck breast, kampong chicken yakitori, and chicken katsu bites.
The prototypes are a mix of lab-grown muscle and fat and plant-based ingredients to better mimic conventional meat’s taste and texture.
“We developed a versatile platform that allows us to isolate and cultivate a variety of cells from different species. To date, we have developed prototypes with 3 different species, with at least 2 more in the pipeline. These 3 prototypes are just the beginning,” Dr. Jason Chua, Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder of Meatiply, says in a statement.
Dr. Benjamin Chua, Chief Product Officer & Co-founder of Meatiply, notes that 56% more food will need to be produced by 2050 to feed the world’s projected 10 billion people. “By shifting our focus from biomedical research to developing advanced food technologies, we felt that we could deliver significant impact on these pressing issues,” he adds.
Singapore remains the only country to have approved cultivated meat for human consumption.