🍔 Czech start-up Bene Meat Technologies has successfully produced its first cultivated beef burger, which offers an appearance, aroma and texture 'nearly identical' to conventional ground beef.

According to Bene Meat, the product also meets the highest standards of safe, responsible and sustainable nutrition, and will be competitively priced, comparable to premium beef.

The Bene Meat Burger is made from cultivated beef cells. During production, no other animal-derived ingredients are used besides the beef cells, and the entire production process is strictly monitored and thoroughly tested.

This ensures maximum safety and purity of the product – it contains no antibiotic residues, antiparasitics, artificially added hormones or other substances used to boost animal production yields.

Lada Kratochvílová, production technologist at Bene Meat Technologies, said: “Our cultivated beef burger is meaty, aromatic, juicy and, of course, safe for consumers, ethical and gentle on the planet. It’s not a substitute – it’s real beef, with no compromises. This product is part of our commitment to offer ethically responsible dietary alternatives for those seeking a new path."

"We are working to meet the strictest safety standards set by the European Food Safety Authority, so that we can offer our meat to the public,” the firm said in a statement.

It’s been a busy twelve months for Bene Meat. Last week, it unveiled its cell bank for the long-term supply of cells for cultivating different meat products, with more than 5,000 samples already stored in it – the result of several years of research by the start-up.

Earlier this year, the start-up sent an open letter to the European Commission, urging it to review Italy’s ban on cell-based meat. And, last year, it became the ‘first company in the world’ to be licensed to make and sell cell-based meat as food for pets.

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