Oysters

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Iconic Wintzell’s Oyster House Reinvents Southern Seafood with Plant-Based Offerings from Mind Blown

Wintzell’s Oyster House, a Southern seafood institution founded over 85 years ago, has introduced plant-based seafood options in partnership with Mind Blown Plant Based Seafood Co. Its Montgomery, Alabama, location now offers a range of plant-based alternatives, including oysters, shrimp, and crab cakes, available as part of its regular menu. Wintzell’s has built a reputation over the years with its “Fried, Stewed, and Nude” oysters, and the decision to introduce plant-based options is a response to changing customer preferences for more sustainable dining choices. “At Wintzell’s, we take pride in tradition, but we also recognize the importance of offering innovative and sustainable choices for our customers. Partnering with Mind Blown™ allows us to expand our menu while staying true to our commitment to serving the …

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Pearlita Plant-Based Oysters

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Pearlita Holds First Tasting of Plant-Based Oysters in Berkeley, CA

Alt-seafood startup Pearlita announces the company recently held its first tasting of plant-based oyster. Taking place on Nov. 8 in the Bay Area, the tasting was part of a fundraising effort for Pearlita, which plans to launch its first alternative oyster into restaurants and retail in 2023.  Oyster favorites Pearlita staged the tasting at Wild Earth’s headquarters near San Francisco, where guests were offered a full menu showcasing the oyster in a fried po’ boy sandwich, raw vegan oyster ceviche and raw oysters on the half-shell. Though the company is leveraging both plant-based and cultivated technologies to develop the product, Pearlita says it is first releasing a plant-based prototype while it works on scaling its cell lines.  The plant-based prototype is made from a proprietary …

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Cultivated Seafood

Pearlita Announces “World’s First” Oyster Alternative to Hit Shelves Soon 

Pearlita Foods, the US seafood disruptor, has announced the completion of its first prototype alternative oyster. With the claim of being the world’s first alt oyster company, Pearlita has leveraged plant-based and cell-based technologies to produce authentic and identical oysters, with more alt seafood products in development.  Based in Raleigh, NC, Pearlita has stated that it will first release its plant-based alternative oyster while scaling up its cell lines. The prototype consists of a proprietary mushroom and seaweed formulated base and the company’s novel flavor cocktail that gives the oyster: “a pure delicate and authentic ocean flavor”. The company is now working on scaling up production to bring its alternative oysters to tastings. With conventional oysters known to cause foodborne illnesses and at risk of …

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Cultivated, Cell-Cultured & Biotechnology

Pearlita Opens Research Lab to Develop World’s First Cultivated Oysters

Pearlita, the latest startup seeking to disrupt seafood, announces the opening of a new research lab in Raleigh, NC to grow oysters from cellular agriculture.  While many alt-seafood companies focus on cell cultivation of various species of fish and crustaceans, Pearlita is the first food tech company to work with oysters – a global delicacy whose soaring popularity has led to increased pressure on ecologically important wild stocks.    By cultivating oysters’ special tissues from living cells, Pearlita hopes to fully recreate the mollusk’s beloved flavors and textures without the overharvesting and killing of wild populations.  In addition to easing the burden on marine life, Pearlita’s production process would take place in a controlled and sterile environment, eliminating the risk of contamination from pollution and …

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