A new report by multinational pharmaceutical company Merck has explored the potential impact of cultivated meat on society, the food industry, and the future of meat consumption.
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Merck: “We Expect Major Innovation Breakthroughs to Happen During the Next Ten Years”
Merck KGaA, of Darmstadt, Germany, is a top science and technology company led by a team of specialists from diverse scientific fields in the areas of healthcare, life science and performance materials. The company is now working on the creation of technologies for cultured meat.
Merck Life Science: “It Will Take at Least Ten Years for Clean Meat to Gain Some Market Share”

Numerous startups around the world are researching the mass production of clean meat. In its innovation centre, Merck has defined clean meat as one of its innovation fields. And via its Life Science Business sector, Merck offers those companies faster research and development with their know-how, tools and cell culture media. We talked to Thomas Herget, Head Innovation Hub Silicon Valley, about what Merck is doing in the field of clean meat, when it might catch on and how it may change the food landscape in the decades to come.