Aleph Farms, Ltd, the Israel-based foodtech startup which revealed its cultivated steak for market in November; was able to “grow steak” in space; and gave a taste of cultivated meat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month – now announces a signed MoU with Mitsubishi to bring cultivated meat to the Japanese table.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is First Head of State to Taste Cultivated Meat
Last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed animal liberation and vegan activist Tal Gilboa to advise him on animal rights. In what could be perceived as a step towards an interest to move meat away from animal ag on the advice of Gilboa, he this week took part in a publicised trip to sample Aleph Farms’ cultured meat.
Aleph Farms Reveals Prototype of First Commercial Cultivated Steak
Aleph Farms Ltd announces it is heading towards the availability of its thin-cut beef steaks suitable for mass cultivation. The prototype of its commercial product will be first introduced at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit on November 20th in Singapore
Aleph Farms to Grow Steak in Space to Allow Humans to “Become Multiplanetary” and Build Food Security on Earth
Aleph Farms, the Israel-based leader in growing steak directly from non-GMO animal cells, launches its ‘Aleph Zero’ program focused on cultivating meat for space exploration, enabling “human life to become multiplanetary and unconditional nutrition to be available to all” and building resilience for food security on Earth and beyond.
Black & Veatch NextGen Ag Partners With Aleph Farms to Develop Sustainable Infrastructure for Cultivated Meat
Aleph Farms, an Israel-based a cultivated meat startup, announced last week that it is working “to eliminate emissions associated with its meat production by 2025 and reach the same net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030.”
Cultured Meat Pioneers Aleph Farms Commits to Carbon-Neutral by 2025
Israel’s cultured meat pioneer Aleph Farms today announces plans to reach net-zero emissions across its supply chain. Its sustainability strategy is to eliminate emissions associated with its meat production by 2025 and reach the same net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030.
Scientists Make Breakthrough in the Production of ‘Slaughter-Free Steak’ Using Soy Protein as a Scaffold to Grow Tissue
Researchers from Technion and Aleph Farms in Israel have achieved a breakthrough in the production of cultivated meat. As reported in the journal Nature Food, soy protein has been found to be efficient in the use of scaffolds for growing bovine tissue outside of an animal’s body.
Cell-Based Pioneers Aleph Farms Opens Visitor Centre and Gen-Z Program in Bid to Foster Transparency in Cultured Meat
Cultured Meat specialist Aleph Farms announces an educational complex to showcase to the public its nature-inspired approach to producing cultured meat. The company first cultivated meat outside of an animal in 2018, and September 2019 announced that it had even created its product at an International Space Station.
Aleph Farms Grows Slaughter-Free Beef in Space
During a joint experiment on the International Space Station (ISS), Israeli clean meat startup Aleph Farms has successfully carried out an experiment to grow beef in space, as part of its mission to provide sustainable food security on earth, by producing meat in adverse conditions without availability of land and local water resources.
US Cargill Group Invests in Clean Meat Startup Aleph Farms
The US company Cargill, based in Minneapolis, announced last week that it will be investing in the Israeli clean meat startup Aleph Farms, which is also sponsored by VisVires New Protein from Singapore and the Swiss Migros Group.
Slaughter-Free Meat Startup Aleph Farms Secures $12M
Aleph Farms Ltd., co-founded in Israel by The Kitchen Hub, the first company to grow real meat cuts directly from cattle cells, announces it has raised US$12M in series A investments. This new influx of support includes a blend of classic venture capitalists and strategic partners.
New Age Meats: First Taste Test of Lab-Grown Pork Sausages
The US-based start-up New Age Meats, which is only a few months old, specializes in the research and development of cultured meat (Clean Meat). The new company from San Francisco is a member of IndieBio’s Accelerator Program, and has already been granted $250,000 in financial capital. The start-up’s aim is to counter traditional animal agriculture with innovative and slaughter-free cultivated products. Only recently, a few people were invited to taste test the laboratory-grown “Farm-Free” pork sausage. They were offered three different types of sausage, made from pig cells grown in the laboratory. The reporter Erin Brodwin from Business Insider reported on the laboratory-grown sausages: “It tasted like meat. On the other hand, it is meat. The texture was clearly sausage-like. After chewing my bite, I …
Aleph Farms: “Clean Meat is a Way to Rebuild Trust in Meat.”
Aleph Farms are one of the world leaders in cell agriculture and are currently developing bovine meat with a 3D meat texture. Based in Israel, Aleph Farms declare that they are “shaping the future of food by producing clean meat that resembles free range meat”.
“JUST”: Laboratory-Grown Chicken on the Market in 2018?
The American start-up “JUST” from San Francisco has been offering vegan products for some time. In addition to vegan cookie dough, the company is also working on cultivated meat (Clean Meat). This year, the company wants to launch Clean Meat in the form of chicken meat.
Clean Meat Should be Backed by US Government
The Israeli start-up Aleph Farms, developer and producer of “Clean Meat” (laboratory meat), recently called on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support and promote Clean Meat. The company points out the advantages of the product when compared with conventional meat products, especially in the area of food safety.