In Singapore, Friends & Family Pet Food Company has received regulatory approval to commercially sell cultivated meat-based pet food in Singapore.
The June approval by Singapore’s Animal & Veterinary Services makes Friends & Family the first-ever cultivated meat pet food approved for sale in Asia and one of only a handful of cultivated meat companies with regulatory approval worldwide.
“Part of the Friends & Family mission is not simply to replace the protein in the pet food supply chain, but to improve the underlying protein cats and dogs eat,” says Joshua Errett, CEO and founder of Friends & Family Pet Food Company. “That’s only possible with cultivated meat. We can optimize cultivated meat to have higher levels of nutrients, like taurine, and improve digestibility and nutrient absorption. And ultimately we believe we can make much better meat for our cats and dogs.”
Commercial sales will begin this fall.