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Meatable Receives €7.6M RVO Innovation Credit to Deliver Cultivated Meat at Scale

October 1, 2024

Dutch cultivated meat company Meatable has been awarded €7.6 million as part of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) Innovation Credit program. RVO’s Innovation Credits are designed to support “innovative development projects with considerable technological risks and excellent market prospects”. Meatable intends to use the funding to improve productivity and reduce costs as it moves towards commercialisation. The company will work as a partner to the conventional meat industry in order …

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Dutch Startup Meatable Joins APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture, Set to Pioneer Cultivated Pork in Singapore

September 20, 2024

Dutch cultivated pork startup Meatable announces it has joined the APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture (APAC-SCA), becoming its newest member as of September 2024. APAC-SCA is a coalition of Asian cultivated meat and seafood companies advancing cell-based foods to meet the soaring animal protein demand in a bid to ensure food security and sustainability. The organization has opened its membership to companies based outside the APAC region, aiming to support …

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Meat Industry Veteran Jeff Tripician of Perdue Appointed New CEO of Meatable, Former Tyson Foods CEO Joins Board

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024

Meatable, the Dutch producer of cultivated pork meat, announces that, in preparation for US market expansion, CEO and co-founder Krijn de Nood has stepped down from the role and has been succeeded by Jeff (“Trip”) Tripician effective June 17. Concurrently, Dean Banks, former president and CEO of Tyson Foods, joins the Board of Directors. Krijn de Nood will continue to serve on the Board. Meatable is known for its cost-effective …

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Meatable Makes History as First Company to Hold a Cultivated Meat Tasting in the EU

April 17, 2024

Meatable, a Dutch producer of cell-based pork meat, has become the first company to hold an officially approved cultivated meat tasting in the European Union, and the first in the Netherlands. According to the announcement, the company held a private tasting for its cultivated pork sausages at its new headquarters in Leiden after receiving approval for product safety from the third-party committee sanctioned by the Dutch government. Important to note …

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Meatable Slashes Production Time for Cultivated Pork: Cell to Sausage in Four Days

March 22, 2024

Cultivated pork producer Meatable announces a new production milestone: from cell to sausage in “only four days”. This new record surpasses the company’s previous eight-day process, making it the quickest cell-cultivating method in the world, the company claims. “This process is 60 times faster than traditional pig farming and involves nothing more than pulling a single cell once from a pig without causing harm,” says the Dutch startup. A record-speed platform …

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Meatable Appoints Industry Execs to Board of Directors, Ramps up for 2024 Market Launch

February 20, 2024

Netherlands-based cultivated pork producer Meatable announces the appointments of Lorne Abony and Patricia Malarkey to its Board of Directors. The Duch startup utilises pluripotent stem cells with patented opti-ox™ technology, enabling cells to multiply and differentiate into mature muscle and fat cells. Meatable says that this technology allows cells to be differentiated in just 8 days and claims this is the fastest process in the world. After raising $35M in …

Meatable's co-founders Daan Luining (R) and Krijn de Noo - Image courtesy of Meatable

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Meatable Prepares for First Cultivated Pork Tasting in the Netherlands, Mosa Meat to Follow with Cultivated Beef

February 7, 2024January 25, 2024

Dutch cultivated pork company Meatable announces that it has submitted a dossier to hold the country’s first legally sanctioned cultivated meat tasting. As soon as the experts give the green light, Meatable will host the first-ever tasting of its cultivated pork products. Only last November, the company opened a new pilot facility to expand the production ahead of a cultivated pork launch announced for 2024. Krijn de Nood, co-founder and CEO at …

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Netherlands: Meatable Opens Larger Pilot Facility Ahead of 2024 Cultivated Pork Launch

February 7, 2024November 17, 2023

Dutch biotech company Meatable yesterday inaugurated a new pilot facility at the Bio Science Park in Leiden, the Netherlands, to expand the production capacity of its cultivated pork platform. The new pilot facility follows a successful $35 million Series B round this summer, which brought the company’s raised capital for cultivated pork to $95 million. According to Meatable, the new 3300m2 facility is twice the size of its previous office and …

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Investments & Finance

Meatable Raises $35M for Cultivated Pork, Bringing Total Raised to $95M

February 7, 2024August 7, 2023

Dutch cultivated meat company Meatable announces it has raised $35 million in a new funding round to accelerate the launch of its pork products, sausages, and dumplings, poised for launch in Singapore in next year. This new funding will also help the company optimize its production process to become cost-competitive and scale to commercial volumes successfully. Meatable claims it can grow cultivated pork sausage in only eight days — 30 …

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Politics & Law

The Netherlands Makes History as First European Country to Allow Cultivated Meat and Seafood Tastings

February 5, 2024July 5, 2023

The Netherlands has become the first European country to allow cultivated meat and seafood tastings, even before an EU novel food approval. Today the Dutch government announced that the much-awaited tastings will soon take place under limited conditions. Although the first piece of cultivated meat was developed in the Netherlands, until now, it was illegal for anyone — even scientists — to taste it. But after this historic agreement, investors, partners, …

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