Meatly: “As the Number of Cultivated Meat Companies Proliferates, We Hope to Set the Standard for the Industry”
Meatly is a cultivated meat company which became the first in Europe to receive regulatory approval after gaining clearance to sell cultivated chicken for pet food in the UK last year. The company achieved this milestone with a team of ten after raising just £3.5 million. Meatly also recently became the first company to be certified under C-Label, a new trademark for cultivated food products launched by V-Label. The certification …
C-Label: “We Stand at a Political Tipping Point and It Is Crucial That Cultivated Meat Receives Approval”
V-Label was founded 29 years ago and is now one of the world’s best-recognized vegan and vegetarian trademarks. It supports more than 35 NGOs worldwide and certifies over 70,000 products from 4,800+ licensees. Recently, V-Label launched C-Label, a new trademark for cultivated products. It is said to be the first independent authority to certify cultivated food producers around the globe. Renato Pichler is the CEO of Swissveg, the founder of …
WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS: “We’re Making Cultivated Meat Cost-Effective and Scalable, Bringing It Closer to Supermarket Shelves”
WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS is playing a pivotal role in advancing cultivated meat and seafood production through innovative biotech solutions. Leading this effort is Iris Maria Dahlem, Innovation Manager and head of the Cultivated Meat project, which focuses on developing key components for the industry. With a background in nutritional science and extensive experience in the food sector, Dahlem has been working for the past two years on solutions to address challenges …
Regulating Novel Food & Cultivated Meat: Insights from Expert Hannah Lester
As cultivated meat edges closer to widespread acceptance, the regulatory landscape remains a formidable hurdle. Atova Consulting’s Hannah Lester, a seasoned expert in novel food regulation, offers a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing this burgeoning industry. Speaking with Alex Crisp on the Future of Foods Interviews podcast, Lester outlined the intricacies of regulatory processes across the globe, shared her insights on working with agencies like EFSA and …
Deep Dive on Senara’s Cultivated Cow Milk Without the Cow: “The Opportunities Are Virtually Limitless”
Svenja Prosseda is CEO and joint founder of Senara GmbH, which has engineered the technology and is now producing cultivated cow milk. Its primary focus is on producing cow milk sustainably; using bioreactor technology to cultivate bio-identical milk, outside of the cow. This young company has already been recognised with a slew of accolades. Just this week Senara was shortlisted in the last 20 from around 5,500 competitors, by SLUSH …
Suzi Gerber, Executive Director, AMPS: “Ultimately, Cultivated Meat Could Benefit Individual Health, Society, and the Planet”
Suzannah (Suzi) Gerber is the Executive Director of AMPS Innovation and is a senior food, nutrition, and behavior research scientist and a well-known chef. In this Q&A, Ms Gerber explains how the legal challenge to Florida’s ban on cultivated meat hinges on the Commerce and Supremacy Clauses of the U.S. Constitution and obstructs the FDA and USDA’s jurisdiction over food safety. Furthermore, a ruling overturning the ban could set a …
Marinexcell: “Our Vision Is To Create a Sustainable and Reliable Source of Seafood Products”
Led by Professor Buganim, a globally renowned scientist in stem cell research, MarineXcell uses stem cells to cultivate shrimp, lobster, and crab meat. MarineXcell’s unique technology “addresses a significant bottleneck in the cultured seafood industry”, says the Israeli company: our methodology not only facilitates the creation of these cells but also ensures the sustained propagation and growth of iPSCs (induced pluripotent stem cells), even in sub-optimal conditions. What is MarineXcell’s …
Simple Planet: “It is a Way to Maintain Biodiversity Through Cell Culture and Reduce the Burden on the Earth”
South Korea’s leading cultivated meat company, Simple Planet, says it thrives on “leading the cell-based foods industry by reshaping food production platforms for the next generations”. Founded in 2022, the company has developed specialized cell lines from beef, pork, seafood, and chicken, and focuses on induced pluripotent stem cells “as an unlimited cell source for cell-based foods”. Simple Planet’s products include a high protein cultivated meat powder, animal fat paste, …
Bluu Seafood: “The Technology Behind Cellular Agriculture is Still Too Abstract for Many Consumers. We Have to Take People With Us”
Bluu Seafood specialises in cultured fish. Fish fingers, fish balls and caviar have already been produced from the cells of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. The startup emerged from the Lübeck-based Fraunhofer Research Institution for Marine Biotechnology and Cell Technology (EMB), where co-founder Dr Sebastian Rakers was also employed for many years. Together with entrepreneur Simon Fabich, the cell and marine biologist founded Bluu Seafood (then known as Bluu Biosciences). …
Kynda: “We Can Impress Even Sceptical Consumers with Our Product”
Earlier today, German biotech Kynda announced it has commenced construction of a large-scale facility for the production of its mycoprotein product, Kynda Meat. Founded by Daniel MacGowan von Holstein and Franziskus Schnabel, Kynda’s biomass fermentation platform uses industry waste side streams to grow a strain of fungus in bioreactors in 48 hours — a significant improvement over the industry standard of seven to ten days — and the process reportedly …