Aleph Farms secures regulatory approval in Singapore. It's the fifth #cultivatedmeat product approved for sale in Singapore, and the first for cultivated beef in the country. Restaurant introductions expected in 2027: www.greenqueen.com.hk/aleph-farms-...

Aleph Farms Earns Singapore Approval for Lab-Grown Beef, Targets 2027 Launch

Israeli cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms has obtained regulatory approval for its beef steak in Singapore, and plans to launch the product in the first half of 2027.

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French startup PARIMA completes successful run of its cultivated duck at the 20kL/ton-scale using Vow's production line in Sydney Great example of process validation & tech transfer for the sector: www.greenqueen.com.hk/parima-gourm...

Parima Validates Commercial-Scale Cultivated Meat Production with Vow

French cultivated meat leader Parima has demonstrated tonne-scale production at viable cost economics on a 22,000-litre line run by Australia's Vow.

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Be one of the first to try cultivated salmon: US startup Wildtype launches kickstarter for its direct-to-consumer cultivated lox product & new skincare product line, joining several other CM startups to pursue cosmetics Back the project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jko...

Save our oceans. Take Wildtype mainstream.

On a mission to defend Earth's wild places. 2025 TIME Best Invention. FDA:✅. First cultivated marine products to market.

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Australian cultivated meat startup Vow changes CEOs, as former CEO George Peppou steps into a role to lead a new biomanufacturing spinout Continues the trend of cultivated meat startups leveraging their capabilities into different markets: www.forbes.com.au/news/entrepr...

CEO shakeup at Vow amid restructure at lab-grown meat startup

Vow has cut jobs and gotten a new CEO as it looks to use its cell-culture technology to expand beyond the development of lab-grown meats.

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.@UPSIDEfoods has placed a $50M bid on the largest cultivated meat facility in the world, based in North Carolina, which was constructed by defunct company @believermeats. Other competing bids will be accepted until July 20th: agfundernews.com/exclusive-up...

Exclusive: UPSIDE Foods submits $50m stalking horse bid for Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat facility

Other bidders have until July 20 to submit competing bids for the Believer Meats cultivated meat facility in North Carolina.

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What's the status of cultivated meat in Canada? As of this time, although the novel foods pathway is defined, regulators have not received any submissions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4N1...

Lab meat: Will Canada get left behind?

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🐟 New LCA study finds that cultivated seafood could have beneficial environmental impacts compared to wild-caught and farmed fish 🐠 The study uses primary pilot-scale data from the startup Forsea to model the impacts of a scaled production facility based in Japan (cont'd)

French startup PARIMA reports that they received safety review clearance for their cultivated duck product in Australia/New Zealand. Pending a successful outcome following a ~60-day review period, it would be the second cultivated product authorized for sale in the region.

New study by UNC researchers shows cultivated bovine cells can be edited to remove the alpha-gal epitope, consistent w/ reduced allergenicity, likely enabling alpha-gal syndrome patients to eat red meat in the future Tailored solutions are a clear advantage for cultivated meat:

Pretty much everyone who tries cultivated meat is surprised at how much it tastes like the real thing (because it is): youtu.be/iFb8MncOwF4?...

Taste testing lab-grown salmon | Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever | CNN

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Great to see fermentation & cultivated food technology included in Germany's new high-tech agenda and biotechnology roadmap This is the type of public investment that can establish early leadership in up-and-coming sectors gfieurope.org/blog/hightec...

Hightech Agenda Germany: Innovation Hub for Alt Proteins

GFI Europe welcomes the fact that the German federal government has firmly anchored alternative protein sources in its High-Tech Agenda.

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Czech startup Bene Meat partners with Italian company Forza10 to debut cultivated pet food in Europe The product contains 26% cultivated cells, and will be sold initially in Portugal and Spain www.greenqueen.com.hk/bene-meat-fo...

Coolty Meat: Forza10 Launches EU-First Lab-Grown Dog Food with BeneMeat

Italian food company Forza10 has debuted the Coolty Meat brand of cultivated dog food, made using Czech startup BeneMeat's cell-cultured protein.

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One of the first cultivated meat startups, SuperMeat, raises $6M, plans for initial launch of their cultivated chicken product in Switzerland: www.proteinproductiontechnology.com/post/superme...

SuperMeat secures US$6 million Series A-4 funding to advance cultivated chicken launch in Switzerland | PPTI News

SuperMeat has secured US$6 million in an initial Series A-4 financing close to support cultivated chicken commercialization, Swiss regulatory plans and industrial scale-up | Alternative Proteins | Foo...

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UK startup Meatly, which was the first company to commercialize cultivated pet food, raises $14M to build a pilot facility: meatly.pet/meatly-serie...

New report shows how China can replicate its EV and solar buildout success for food, by focusing on alternative proteins and becoming a net protein exporter as soon as 2040: www.ft.com/content/6372...

Is China decoupling on food?

If this is pursued with the same energy as industrial policy, it will upend the agricultural economy

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Simple input that could help productivity for cultivated meat production. Paper here: analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Canadian startup Opalia Foods raises $3.2M to develop cultivated milk — whole milk produced from cultivated mammary cells. One of just a few companies globally working on cultivated milk: www.opaliafoods.com/news/leading...

Leading cell-based dairy company Opalia raises $3.2 million to unlock scalable dairy production amid rising global demand and supply constraints — Opalia

Leading cell-based dairy company Opalia raises $3.2 million to unlock scalable dairy production amid rising global demand and supply constraints

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Cultivated meat for dogs and cats will go on sale for the first time in Singapore across 12 different SKUs, with inclusion rates up to 70% It's the second cultivated pet food product to be sold globally: www.greenqueen.com.hk/friends-and-...

Singaporeans Can Now Buy Cultivated Meat for Their Pets

US startup Friends & Family Pet Food is rolling out 12 cultivated meat products for cats and dogs in Singapore retail this week, ahead of a fresh $1.1M funding drive.

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📊 Our annual State of the Industry reports are now available. These reports summarize the trends, challenges, and progress in the alternative protein industry over the last year. Access the reports (free download) here: bit.ly/4dPypyb

2026 State of the Industry series - The Good Food Institute

Explore our State of the Industry series for insights into the rapidly evolving alternative protein landscape.

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Recombinant transferrin is one of the most expensive inputs in many media formulations Ajinomoto found that hinokitiol, found in the wood of cypress trees, can replace its function, offering a lower-cost, food-safe, plant-based solution for cultivated meat R&D and production:

Recombinant albumin is the most expensive input in most media formulations It only took Tufts spinout DecoLabs a few years to discover plant-based albumins with the same functionality & to make it a cost-effective product for cultivated meat R&D: www.proteinproductiontechnology.com/post/deco-la...

Deco Labs launches plant-based albumin alternative cAlbumin for cell culture applications | PPTI News

Deco Labs has launched cAlbumin, a plant-based albumin alternative for cell culture, targeting major cost reductions and scalable performance in biomanufacturing and cultivated meat | Alternative Prot...

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French startup PARIMA receives regulatory approval in Singapore for their cultivated duck product. They are the first company to receive approval for two different species (chicken and duck). 11 safety reviews of cultivated meat have been completed in the last ~6 yrs:

German startup Bluu partners with Dutch CDMO Cultivate at Scale to scale up their salmon/rainbow trout process to 1000L. Initial products targeting the cosmetics/health industry, followed by food. Good to see another seafood company reaching 1000Ls www.greenqueen.com.hk/bluu-lab-gro...

Bluu Reaches Industrial Production of Cultivated Fish Cells for Personal Care & Seafood

Germany's Bluu has scaled up production of its cultivated fish cells to 1,000-litre bioreactors with Dutch firm Cultivate at Scale, with personal care its first target.

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Real-world production data from Czech startup Bene Meat's small-scale production facility shows cultivated meat's environmental impacts Cultivated meat had a lower land use than conventional production & a competitive carbon footprint with chicken and pork:

Very weird that people aren't more excited about being able to produce infinite salmon, free of mercury & parasites, all from a single sample of cells, without ever having to wild catch or factory farm another fish again: www.fastcompany.com/91513827/i-a...

I ate lab-grown salmon. It was nothing like I expected

Wildtype uses a plant-based scaffolding to coax the cells to assemble themselves into a piece of actual fish.

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JBS opens $37M R&D and innovation center in Brazil focused on nutritionally and functionally optimized protein sources for the future. Cultivated meat is one of the verticals: www.greenqueen.com.hk/jbs-superpro...

JBS Opens $37M Biotech Hub for Cultivated, Microbial & Functional Proteins

Brazilian meat giant JBS has opened a $37M facility for "superproteins", including microbial and cell-cultivated foods, targeting supplements and precision nutrition.

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In the second study of its kind, cultivated pork was again found to have higher protein digestibility and conversion into free amino acids compared to conventional pork. Whether this is due to the differences in sample structure is to be determined. Study here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In blind taste tests, AlephFarms' cultivated beef was indistinguishable from conventional beef on taste/texture www.greenqueen.com.hk/aleph-farms-...

Exclusive: Aleph Farms's Lab-Grown Meat Matches Beef in Consumer Taste Tests

In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant.

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In blind taste tests, AlephFarms' cultivated beef was indistinguishable from conventional beef on taste/texture www.greenqueen.com.hk/aleph-farms-...

Exclusive: Aleph Farms's Lab-Grown Meat Matches Beef in Consumer Taste Tests

In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant.

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Our new webpage serves as a centralized resource for tracking where cultivated meat can be sold around the world. Check it out: gfi.org/resource/whe...

Where cultivated meat can be sold around the world - The Good Food Institute

Explore an updated tracker of all the countries where cultivated meat can be sold, along with a list of companies and product formats.

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