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Singapore’s SingCell is Working to Solve Cultured Meat Cost & Scalability Issues
Singcell, the first contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) dedicated to cell-cultured meat, has entered into a technology development agreement with the National University of Singapore.
Moolec Science Expands Portfolio in Mission to “Address Dependency of Animal Proteins in Every Segment of the Food Industry”
Moolec Science, a global Ag-Foodtech company based in the UK whose purpose is improving the affordability of animal-free food solutions, presents its latest two developments which join its working portfolio of meat analogs made with blends of soybean with selected porcine proteins and pea with bovine proteins.
“Cell-Cultured” as the Newly Accepted Term For Lab-Grown Meat in the USA
After some back and forth, it has been tentatively agreed in the USA to call meat from the laboratory “cell-cultured”. This was announced by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after a long exchange with the big players in the clean meat industry.
Clara Foods Launches Vegan Pepsin, Could Aid Development of Animal-Free Pharmaceuticals
In the past, the enzyme pepsin has always been obtained from pig stomachs, but now Clara Foods has developed a variety that’s completely animal-free. The pepsin will soon be available globally for commercial use, distributed by Ingredion.
XCellR8 Receives £100,000 from Unilever and AstraZeneca For Animal-Free Lab Testing
XCellR8, a UK-based, GLP-accredited laboratory focused exclusively on animal-free safety and efficacy tests, announces it has secured £100,000 from Unilever and AstraZeneca to develop vegan-friendly testing for new cosmetics and personal care products. The company says that it is “the only lab globally to make our tests entirely animal-product-free (or vegan); we don’t use serum, tissues or antibodies extracted from animals”.
CellulaREvolution Raises £1M, Aims to Transform Cultured Meat Production
British cell-based meat company CellulaREvolution has raised £1M in its latest funding round, with investors including Orange Light Ventures, CPT Capital, and the Northern Accelerator Seed Investment Fund.
The Rib-Eye Revolution: Aleph Farms and Technion Introduce First Cultured Thick Cut Steak
Israeli cultured meat pioneer Aleph Farms, and its research partner Technion, have cultivated their first slaughter-free thick cut ribeye steak, using 3D bioprinting technology and cow cells free from genetic engineering. Back in 2018, vegconomist reported on Aleph Farms’ first commercial thin cut steak from cultured meat technology, and now in only two years, the company claims to have produced the world’s first cultured thick cut ribeye steak incorporating muscle …
Turtle Tree Scientific Has Just Brought Us Closer to a Future of Animal-Free Meat
Turtle Tree Scientific, a newly formed arm of Singapore’s Turtle Tree Labs, announces a partnership with Dyadic International, Inc, stating that “by leveraging industry-proven technology, this partnership brings us one step closer to the future of cell-based meat and dairy products that are cruelty-free, accessible, and sustainable.” Dyadic International is a global biotechnology company focused on further improving and applying its proprietary C1 gene expression platform to accelerate development and …
Animal Derivitives Often Found in “Vegan” Clothes & Shoes – New Testing Can Verify Products Are 100% Vegan
Eurofins | Chem-MAP, a leading provider of chemical management testing and auditing services, has developed a vegan verification testing programme for apparel and footwear brands registered with the Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark, to ensure that the materials used to develop products have no trace of animal derivatives, after finding that often there were animal derivatives in dyes and glues. The Vegan Trademark will be awarded to those companies who successfully …
NovaMeat Develops World’s Largest Piece of Cellular Meat
Spanish company NovaMeat, which develops 3D printed plant-based meat, has developed the world’s largest cellular meat prototype, according to Giuseppe Scionti, bioengineer, foodtech entrepreneur and founder of NovaMeat.
Spanish Government to Invest €5.2M in Cultured Meat Project Led by BioTech Foods
The GFI recently said that a ‘new space race for the future of food’ had begun and that regulation for cultured meat in Europe is expected to follow soon behind Singapore. Spain’s BioTech Foods today reveals a €5.2 million R&D initiative called the CULTUREDMEAT project, after receiving funding from the EU last October.
TurtleTree Launches Turtle Tree Scientific, Will Help Make Cell-Based Affordable
Singaporean cell-based milk company TurtleTree Labs has created an arm called TurtleTree Scientific to produce food-grade growth factors. Cell-based companies are reliant on growth factors, but their high cost means that the industry currently struggles to be economically viable.
China’s Nanjing Weilai and CellX Raise Multiple Millions for Cell-Based
China: the cultivated meat startup previously known as Nanjing Zhouzi has raised CNY 20 million (around USD 3 million) from Matrix Partners China in an angel round, while newly formed CellX has raised an undisclosed amount to accelerate development and production and help move products out of the lab.
MeaTech 3D, Producer of 3D Printed Meat, Fully Acquires Peace of Meat
Israel’s MeaTech 3D, the only publicly listed producer of cultured meat, invested an initial $1million in the cultured fat producer this October as part of a planned full acquisition which has taken place today. Meat-Tech estimates that the first hybrid products based on the Peace of Meat cultured fat technology could be on the market as early as 2022.