The traditional Sunday roast and fish and chips may soon be replaced by lab-grown steaks, cricket salads Experts predict that by 2054, lab-grown meat and seafood cultivated from animal cells will become mainstream From lab-grown meat to vertical farming, the future of food is set to revolutionise how we eat."

meat company Vow Food has secured $6 million in a seed funding round to further develop its exotic lab-grown Vow has recently completed a new food design studio and laboratory in Sydney and has grown its team from

Cultivated meat start-up Meatable has raised $10 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its first pork prototype. The capital comes mainly from an existing investor base including BlueYard Capital, with supplemental funds from angel investors including Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of TransferWise, and Albert Wenger, managing partner at Union Square Ventures. The European Commission also contributed funds through its Eurostars Programme. The investment brings Meatable’s total funding to $13 million. “We’re excited to announce this new funding, which will enable us to expand our scaling and cost reduction teams and to accelerate development of our first prototype,” said Meatable co-founder and CEO Krijn de Nood. “We believe no one should have to give up the meat they love – there is a way to satisfy the world’s appetite for meat without harming people, animals or the planet.” According to Amsterdam-based Meatable, cultivated meat joins plant-based proteins as a potential solution to sustainably feeding the world’s growing population. The company said cultivated meat has the potential to use up to 96% less water and 99% less land than industrial farming. Meatable’s technology can produce large batches of the cells needed to make meat in a matter of days to weeks. Only one cell is needed to start the process. The cell is sourced from a real animal in a completely painless way – and because it comes from an animal, the meat that can be made with it is real meat, not a processed substitute. “Our mission is to become the leading choice for sustainably and efficiently produced meat,” de Nood added. “To achieve that mission, we will need to solve the cultivated meat industry’s scale-up challenge. We hope that the unveiling of our first prototype this summer will show that we are making real strides toward fulfilling our mission.” Philippe Vanrie, head of the Eureka Association and responsible for the Eurostars-2 programme, said: “We are delighted that Meatable, a dynamic start-up in the cultivated meat sector, has the potential to develop a unique and innovative technology thanks to support received from the Eurostars Programme. We understand the technology developed will have a significant and positive impact on meat production and, in turn, on climate change.” #Meatable #theNetherlands

Spanish bio-tech Libre Foods has been awarded a €335,000 public R&D grant by Neotec – a programme that Libre Foods plans to launch an advanced screening platform that integrates rapid imaging robotics and Alan Iván Ramos, founder and CEO of Libre Foods, said: “The use of high-throughput screening allows us The news follows Libre Foods’ introduction of the “EU’s first” mycelium-based whole-muscle chicken breast

The lab will serve as a “nucleus” to advance Ayana Bio’s plant cell-cultivated production systems to The lab is in the same building as Ayana Bio’s strategic partner, Ginkgo Bioworks, increasing collaboration Ayana Bio says the new lab will help it to overcome previous industry challenges through better cell Inside the lab, Ayana Bio’s plant-cell scientists are developing high-value botanicals. partners and showcase the transformative capabilities we employ to cultivate and scale plant materials, liberating

new labelling system. This is where labelling plays a critical role. Just as the V-Label brought clarity to the vegan and vegetarian industry, the C-Label seeks to demystify Labels like the C-Label provide the transparency necessary to build consumer confidence and accelerate The C-Label places high demands on producers.

Polish cultivated meat company LabFarm has been awarded €2 million from Poland’s National Centre for LabFarm is Poland’s first firm focused on developing cultured meat, with a focus on cell-based chicken “Obtaining the grant means that LabFarm will be able to implement a research plan to increase production The success of LabFarm is an example of how strategic initiatives and support can lead to real change #LabFarm #Poland #ProVeg

less interested in cell-based meat (20% and 17%, respectively) than centrists and leftists such as the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats (30% each). Matthew Smith, head of data journalism at YouGov, said: “Despite the implication that lab-grown meat e.g. wild animals, the public are significantly less likely to think it would be acceptable to create lab-grown

In this podcast, we're exploring the impact of the C-Label, for cell-cultivated foods, and the F-Label Lubo Yotov These new labels have been introduced by V-Label, the globally recognised certification for food-tech landscape and the complexities these advancements bring to the forefront when it comes to labelling FoodBev Media's deputy editor and editor of The Plant Base , Melissa Bradshaw, joins head of V-Label Switzerland, Lubo Yotov , to discuss the significance of the new labels and how they will serve to improve

new labelling system. Building on this legacy, F-Label – following closely behind the introduction of the C-Label – emerges Just as V-Label and C-Label have brought clarity to plant-based and cultivated foods, F-Label serves to influence global labelling discussions. Ultimately, the goal is the same as with V-Label and C-Label: to greatly reduce the use of animals.

V-Label, an international trademark for the labelling of vegetarian and vegan products, has introduced The recently established C-Label Building on the success of C-Label The launch of F-Label comes on the By establishing a clear framework for labeling cultivated products, C-Label has set a precedent for transparency According to V-Label, the F-Label will help accelerate the transition to a more ethical and sustainable This two-pronged approach – first with C-Label and now with F-Label – reflects a comprehensive strategy

He continued: “The bill that I’m going to sign today is going to say, basically, take your fake, lab-grown They want to do this stuff in a lab to be able to wipe the people sitting here out of business. Lab-grown ‘meat’ is not proven to be safe enough for consumers and it is being pushed by a liberal agenda States are the laboratory of democracy, and Florida has the right to not be a corporate guinea pig.