Lab-Grown Shrimp’s Price Tag Shows Long Way Ahead to Mass Market

Singapore-based Shiok Meats Pte plans to launch its flagship cell-based shrimp in 18 months at about S$50 ($37) a kilogram, Chief Executive Officer Sandhya Sriram said in an interview. That’s roughly double the price of real prawns.

Future Meat Technologies Raises $347M Series B Marking the Largest Investment Ever in Cultivated Meat

December 30, 2021 Future Meat Technologies

Future Meat Technologies, (Future Meat), the first an industry-leading company developing innovative technology to produce cultivated meat, announced that it has raised $347 million in Series B round of financing.

Aleph Farms and WACKER Develop Open Supply Chain Solution for Proteins Used in Large-Scale Production of Cultivated Meat

December 22, 2021 Aleph Farms

These proteins, central to promoting and supporting cell growth, are not widely available in the market today and represent one of the most prohibitive expenses in scaling up cultivated meat. The agreement between WACKER and Aleph Farms is non-exclusive, meaning any cultivated meat company will be able to obtain these same affordable proteins, without using fetal bovine serum (FBS) or animal-derived ingredients.

UPSIDE Foods Appoints Dr. Robert Kiss as Executive Vice President of Technical Operations

October 26, 2021 UPSIDE Foods

Leading cultivated meat, poultry and seafood company UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) announced today the appointment of Robert (Bob) Kiss, Ph.D., as Executive Vice President (EVP) of Technical Operations. Dr. Kiss has three decades of industrial biotechnology experience and will oversee all of the company’s technical operations and processes for producing cultivated meat at research through commercial scales.

Mission Barns Partners With Silva Sausage Co., Completes First-Ever Scaled-Up Manufacturing Run of a Product Containing Cultivated Meat

October 20, 2021 Mission Barns

Mission Barns, a leader in cultivated fat, completed the first-ever scaled-up manufacturing run of a product containing cultivated meat with its Mission Chorizo Sausage. This Chorizo is a delicious blend of Mission Fat™ and plant-protein that together deliver all the succulence, sizzle and satisfaction you’d expect from a sausage but without the downsides common to conventional animal protein.