JSBio to Accelerate Cellular Agriculture Sector’s Path to Industrialization With Serum-Free Cell Culture Media
JSBio, a cell culture media manufacturer in the APAC region, has announced that it is strengthening its commitment to accelerating the cellular agriculture sector’s path toward industrialization and sustainability. JSBio has over ten years of experience in large-scale biopharmaceutical production, and has developed and manufactured more than 200 serum-free cell culture media products tailored to various cell types. After collaborating with cultivated meat companies, JSBio has developed the CellKey® culture …
GFI Acquires SCiFi Foods’ Cell Lines, Joins Tufts to Fast-Track Cultivated Meat Research
The Good Food Institute (GFI) has acquired crucial cell lines and growth media from SCiFi Foods, a cultivated meat company that ceased operations in mid-2024. In partnership with Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA), GFI plans to make these resources publicly available for academic and industry research, a move expected to reduce costs and speed up development in the cultivated meat sector. The acquisition includes specific bovine cell lines …
Simple Planet Moves Closer to Halal Certification with New Serum-Free Technology
Seoul-based startup Simple Planet announced the will pursue Halal certification for its cell-based food products, as part of its strategy to tap into the global Halal market. This initiative comes on the heels of a recent collaboration with the Halal Science Center (HSC) at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed last month. The partnership hopes to facilitate the certification process for cell-based products and …
Simple Planet Unveils Serum-Free Cell Culture Medium, Slashing Costs by 99.8%
South Korea-based alternative protein company Simple Planet has announced the development of a patented, serum-free cell culture medium designed for use in cell-based food production, biopharmaceuticals, and regenerative medicine. The medium, created through probiotics recycling, is expected to launch globally in 2025. According to the company, the formulation could reduce production costs by over 99.8% compared to conventional media. By replacing fetal bovine serum (FBS) with probiotics-derived metabolites, the medium …
Multus Launches Animal-Free Alternative to Fetal Bovine Serum for Cultivated Meat
British biotech company Multus has launched Proliferum B, a new animal component-free alternative to fetal bovine serum (FBS) designed to accelerate cultivated meat production. Proliferum B, which is the first product developed using Multus’ machine learning-driven system, is said to address costs, reliability, and ethical concerns related to FBS. It accelerates early R&D without depending on the controversial and costly serum or having to develop a product. Co-founder and CEO Cai …
Japanese Scientists Develop Low-Cost Medium to Grow Muscle Cells Without Animal Serum
Japanese scientists have developed a new co-culturing system using rat cells and cyanobacteria to create a low-cost alternative to animal serum for cell growth. Fetal bovine serum has contamination risks and waste accumulation, and is very costly. In addition, it does not align with the promise of producing meat without killing animals. Rat liver cells can also secrete the proteins (growth factors) needed for muscle cell growth, providing a serum alternative …
Meatly Unveils “Groundbreaking” Protein-Free Culture Medium at £1 Per Liter
UK cultivated pet food company Meatly, formerly known as Good Dog Food, unveils a new affordable protein-free culture medium that it claims will revolutionize the production of cultivated meat. The high cost of the growth media used to cultivate meat is a significant obstacle to achieving price parity with traditional meat products. To address this challenge, Meatly has developed a “first-of-its-kind” culture medium priced at only £1 per liter, slashing the …
UK Biotech Multus Unveils World’s First Commercial-Scale Serum-Free Growth Media Facility
British biotech Multus has recently unveiled what it claims is the world’s first commercial-scale production plant for developing affordable, serum-free growth media for the cultivated meat industry. The exact location of the facility has not been revealed yet. This expansion comes after the company successfully raised £7.9 million in January to produce its growth media at scale, bolstered by a £2.15 million equity-free grant from Innovate UK through the EIC Accelerator. In …
SeaWith Partners with ORF Genetics to Produce Han-Woo Cultivated Beef with Plant-Based Growth Factors
South Korean biotech SeaWith and Icelandic molecular farming company ORF Genetics are partnering to accelerate the production of cultivated meat with plant-based growth factors. SeaWith is preparing to scale its cultivated meat platform to introduce Han-Woo cultivated beef products (a breed of small cattle native to Korea) under the “Welldone” brand to the market by 2025. The collaboration, outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), will secure SeaWith a stable supply of ORF Genetics’s …
Biotech Firms Awarded €1.2M for Creating Animal-Free Cell Culture Media to Make Cultivated Meat a “Commercial Reality”
Commercializing cell-based products such as cultivated meat remains challenging due to the substantial costs and ethical implications of fetal bovine serum. To find solutions, EIT Food, the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community, and the Good Food Institute (GFI) Europe launched the Cultivated Meat Innovation Challenge to develop a more affordable and efficient animal-free cell culture media. The winners, UK biotech company 3D Bio-Tissues and Israeli biotech startup BioBetter have …