Amsterdam-based startup Meatable announces it has secured a further US$ 10 million in seed funding to develop its pork prototype, bringing its total investment to $13 million. The cultured meat company says that with new technology it will be able to cultivate its product at scale and should be ready to launch in summer of 2020.
Meatable Slashes Production Time for Cultivated Pork: Cell to Sausage in Four Days
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 To turn cells into a product more quickly than other methods of cultivating meat, Meatable has developed a cost-effective platform using pluripotent stem cells (known for their self-renewal capacity and fast proliferation) and a technology called opti-ox™ developed by co-founder Dr. Mark Kotter. This platform replicates the natural growth of cells, allowing them to differentiate …