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Investments & Finance

India’s Biokraft Foods Raises $230K for High-Quality Cultivated Meat

Indian cultivated meat startup Biokraft Foods has secured ₹2 crore (around $230,000) in pre-seed funding. The round was led by the venture capital firm GVFL. Biokraft will use the funding to accelerate its efforts to bring ethical, high-quality cultivated meat to Indian consumers. Using proprietary 3D bioprinting processes, the company has already developed cultivated chicken that is claimed to replicate the structure, texture, and nutritional profile of conventional chicken. Biokraft …

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The Great Indian Cultivated Chicken Cook-Off

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Fairs & Events

Biokraft Foods Reveals Winners of the Great Indian Cultivated Chicken Cook-Off

Recently, Indian biotech company Biokraft Foods hosted the Great Indian Cultivated Chicken Cook-Off, a competition for promising young chefs. The finalists were selected through a competitive process, and recently participated in a Grand Finale hosted at D.Y. Patil School of Hospitality & Tourism Studies. All prepared dishes using cultivated chicken as the hero ingredient; these were evaluated across key criteria such as hygiene and food waste management, taste and texture, …

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Biokraft Foods to host cultivated chicken cook-off

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Fairs & Events

Biokraft Foods to Host “India’s First” Cultivated Chicken Cook-Off

Indian biotech startup Biokraft Foods is set to host what is claimed to be the country’s first cultivated chicken cook-off. The event will take place on August 22 at DY Patil University, School of Hospitality and Tourism Studies, Navi Mumbai. Ten student chefs from top hospitality and culinary institutes have already earned their places in the finale through internal qualifiers held at their campuses, and will compete live to create …

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Biokraft Foods cultivated trout

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Seafood

Biokraft Foods Develops “India’s First” Cultivated Trout Fillet in Collaboration with ICAR-CICFR

Indian cultivated meat startup Biokraft Foods has developed what is claimed to be the country’s first cultivated trout fillet in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Central Institute of Coldwater Fisheries Research (ICAR-CICFR). Through the partnership, the organizations have developed fish cell lines from native Indian species such as rainbow trout. Using proprietary 3D bioprinting technology and bioink, Biokraft Foods transforms the cells into whole-cut cultivated fish …

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Biotech startup Biokraft Foods hosted India's first formal tasting event for a cultivated meat product in Mumbai, India, last week.

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Meat

Biokraft Foods Debuts Cultivated Chicken at India’s First-Ever Public Tasting for Cultivated Meat

Biotech startup Biokraft Foods hosted India’s first formal tasting event for a cultivated meat product in Mumbai, India, last week. Over 30 representatives from key organizations, including PETA India, GFI India, Chamber for Advancement of Small and Medium Businesses (CASMB), YODA India, and India Animal Fund, had the opportunity to taste cultivated chicken burgers and chili chicken. According to the announcement, attendees praised the innovation and Biokraft’s sustainability mission. Kamalnayan Tibrewal …

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India's cultivated meat startup Biokraft Foods has announced a strategic collaboration with ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research (DCFR) to create cultivated snow and rainbow trout products.

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Seafood

Biokraft Foods Partners with ICAR-DCFR for Cultivated Trout Products in India

Indian cultivated meat startup Biokraft Foods has announced a strategic collaboration with ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research (DCFR) to create cultivated snow and rainbow trout products — two species that hold significant commercial value in the Indian market. Through the collaboration, ICAR-DCFR will develop the fish cell lines, and Biokraft Foods will create final products using 3D bioprinting and customized bioinks.  The ICAR-DCFR is India’s pioneer research institute working toward sustainable …

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