Cellulose Scaffolds Cut Growth Factor Costs Tenfold in Cultivated Whole-Cut Research
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a cellulose-based scaffold that reduces the quantity of growth factors needed to produce cultivated meat tissue by up to tenfold, according to a study published in Current Research in Food Science. Growth factors, the proteins that direct stem cells to proliferate and differentiate into muscle tissue, account for more than 95% of media costs in cultivated meat production and remain one …
Parima Notches Third Approval Milestone in a Year With FSANZ Safety Assessment Completion
Cultivated protein company Parima has completed the core safety risk assessment stage of Food Standards Australia New Zealand’s (FSANZ) novel food approval process for cultivated meat, becoming the first company outside Australia and New Zealand to reach this point in the FSANZ pathway, and only the second company globally to do so. The assessment covers Parima’s cultivated duck, produced from duck embryonic stem cells isolated from fertilized Pekin duck eggs. …
MyriaMeat Cultivates Roe Deer Muscle Cells, Extending Its iPSC Platform Beyond Pork
Munich-based cultivated meat startup MyriaMeat has established a pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line from roe deer and successfully produced functional roe deer muscle cells using its patented differentiation protocol, the company announced this week. Expanding the species range The result is the first time MyriaMeat has applied its iPSC platform to a wild game species. The company, founded in 2022 as a University of Göttingen spin-off, had previously focused its …
Mosa Meat Joins APAC-SCA to Deepen Asia-Pacific Regulatory and Industry Ties
Netherlands-based cultivated beef company Mosa Meat has joined the Asia-Pacific Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA), adding one of the sector’s longest-standing players to a regional body that connects startups, researchers, investors, and policymakers across the APAC region. Mosa Meat CEO Maarten Bosch noted, “Joining the APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture is an exciting milestone for Mosa Meat as we deepen our engagement with international markets. The Asia-Pacific region is a …
Agronomics Backs SuperMeat With $5M as Cultivated Chicken Push Targets Switzerland
London-listed investment company Agronomics has led a US$6 million initial closing of a Series A-4 round in Israeli cultivated meat company SuperMeat, contributing US$5 million of that total through the issue of new Agronomics shares rather than cash. Affiliated entity New Agrarian Company provided the remaining US$1 million in cash, with Milk & Honey Ventures and existing investors also participating. The round is targeting a total of US$10 million. The …
German Vaccine Scientists Are Now Applying Their Expertise to Scaling Cultivated Meat
One of Germany’s most respected scientific institutions is lending its bioprocess engineering expertise to the cultivated meat sector, in a new collaboration that could help bridge the gap between laboratory-scale cell cultivation and full industrial output. The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg has entered into a formal research partnership with Rostock-based startup Innocent Meat under a project titled “Cellular Agriculture and Process Intensification” (ZELPI). …
Study: Altered Levels of Known Allergens in Cultured Primary Bovine Myoblasts for Cultivated Meat
As cultured meat moves toward commercialization, people want to understand how it impacts health compared to conventional animal meat. So, researchers publishing in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry conducted an initial food safety study to identify potential allergens in cultured beef cells. They report mixed hazard results: Cultured cells contained relatively fewer traditional protein allergens than regular steak but provoked stronger immune reactions in blood samples from people with an …
Aleph Farms and Roslin Technologies Demonstrate Cross-Platform Compatibility for Cell Cultivation
Aleph Farms, a cellular agriculture company developing a scalable biomanufacturing platform for the food and broader bio-based industries, announced the successful completion of the first phase of a collaboration with UK-based biotechnology company Roslin Technologies, a leading developer of advanced animal cell lines for cellular agriculture applications. “This milestone demonstrates, for the first time, that cells developed by an external organization can grow successfully using Aleph Farms’ proprietary growth medium, …
YouTube Star MrBeast Visits UPSIDE Foods in New Video With Over 60M Views
MrBeast, a YouTuber with 464 million subscribers, recently paid a visit to California-based cultivated meat producer UPSIDE Foods. UPSIDE appears in a new MrBeast video titled “$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Futuristic Tech!” The video discusses various revolutionary new technologies, including cultivated meat, and has over 60 million views at the time of writing. Viewers can watch as Jimmy Donaldson, the creator behind MrBeast, tours UPSIDE Foods to learn how cultivated chicken …
AI in Cultivated Meat Market to See Rapid Growth, Reaching $573.45M by 2035
According to a new report by Towards FnB, the global AI in cultivated meat market was worth $54.65 million in 2025 and is expected to reach $573.45 million by 2035. This represents a CAGR of 26.5%. The research finds that the adoption of artificial intelligence across cell-line development, growth media optimization, and bioprocess automation is playing a critical role in advancing commercial-scale cultivated meat production. It is also contributing to …