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Cellular agriculture startup California Cultured Inc. completed and launched its new 12,000-square-foot facility in West Sacramento, advancing its mission to produce cocoa powder and chocolate through plant cell culture technology. The facility includes laboratory space, offices, and warehouse areas that will serve as a pilot production site. The company's 17-person team is developing processes to cultivate cocoa cells in bioreactors at commercially viable scales. California Cultured is pursuing FDA GRAS (Generally recognized as safe) status this year and aims to launch B2B products in 2026, targeting confectionery companies facing supply challenges amid record cocoa prices, which peaked at $12,000 per ton in 2024. The company's technology produces authentic cocoa through cell cultivation, allowing for customizable flavor profiles. #cellag #futureoffood #precisionfermentation

Fork & Good, Inc. announced that the company secured its first revenue through a joint development agreement with an $8 billion global food manufacturer. The New Jersey-based startup is pursuing a B2B strategy, offering cultivated pork as an ingredient for both conventional and plant-based products. Their proprietary Integrated Cell Manufacturing platform uses edited muscle cells with continuous harvesting. Considering the cost of scaling, the company claims this allows for smaller $10-20M production facilities rather than hundred-million-dollar plants. The company aims to reach $5/lb initially before achieving $2/lb at scale—matching conventional pork prices. Fork & Good is pursuing regulatory approval in the US and Singapore with a target launch in Q2 2026. In February 2024, the company showcased its hybrid cultivated pork meat in Davos, Switzerland. #cellag #futureoffood #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedmeat

The latest Cultivated Meat Supply Chain Report breaks down the state of the industry and goes into further detail about the 15 key pain points around building a cultivated meat supply chain, from new companies entering the field to the latest breakthroughs The latest report also breaks down the state of the industry, including the progress of leading cultivated meat companies in scaling to date For any corporate and investor interested in the future of #cultivatedmeat, this report is a must-read  Download your FREE preview now! #cellag #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedmeat #culturedmeat #scaling #supplychain #futureoffood

“We support any type of species [of meat] and cultivated meat [company] along their journey: from the beginning, when they start on a very small scale, and then also in the upscaling process. “As a result of our approaches, we have designed a process where we can produce small amounts of basal media of the same quality as on a large scale. This way, there is no difference when production is scaled up. At the same time, it’s important that we collaborate from the beginning.” According to Florian Geyer, the product manager for cell culture media products Merck Life Science (operating as MilliporeSigma in the US and Canada), Merck is positioning itself to become a key player in the cultivated meat field's supply chain, specifically for basal media development. From scaling #cellculturemedia production to the importance of partnerships to optimize formulations, Geyer highlights the important role Merck plays in growing the cultivated meat industry.   #cellag #futureoffood #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedmeat #culturedmeat #sponsored #scaling #supplychain

From analyzing industry-wide trends to tracking specific company details, the Precision Fermentation Dairy Investment Report showcases the valuable traction data behind each top-funded startup and how over $1 billion was invested in the industry Compared to the CellAgri Investment Dashboard, the Precision Fermentation Dairy Investment Report specifically breaks down all the top-funded players in the precision fermentation dairy landscape company by company Click the link below to learn more about the industry investment report, including a free report preview. #precisionfermentation #dairy #cellag #investment #futureoffood

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Israeli cultivated meat startup Ever After Foods has announced a strategic partnership with Swiss manufacturing giant Bühler Group to improve bioreactor technology for the cellular agriculture industry. Through its proprietary edible packed-bed (EPB) technology, Ever After Foods claims it can achieve the same output as traditional 20,000-liter bioreactors with equipment under 2,000 liters—a significant breakthrough for the field's scaling challenges. The company reports its system produces up to six times more protein and 700 times more lipids from each cell while reducing production costs by 90% compared to conventional methods. This partnership builds on Ever After Foods' momentum following its $10 million funding round and aligns with Bühler's recent launch of The Cultured Hub, a scale-up facility developed with Migros and Givaudan. #cellag #futureoffood #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedmeat

Last week, Mission Barns has achieved a significant milestone with the FDA completing its pre-market consultation for the company's cultivated pork fat, a key step in receiving regulatory approval to launch in the US. This marks the first regulatory clearance specifically for cell-cultivated fat in the US food system and represents a unique advancement in the cellular agriculture landscape. This regulatory milestone opens up various potential product applications that extend beyond traditional cultivated meat products. Mission Barns' cultivated fat could potentially enhance plant-based meat alternatives with improved taste and texture profiles, be incorporated into conventional meat products, or even complement other cultivated meat products from companies like Upside Foods and Good Meat, which have already received FDA approval. The company has raised over $60 million to develop its proprietary process to cultivate fat cells, including its own bioreactor technology. Strategically focused on producing animal fat rather than muscle tissue, Mission Barn shared that cultivated fat grows faster, requires fewer resources, and significantly influences flavor profiles. Despite this FDA milestone, Mission Barns must still secure USDA approval, including a grant of inspection for its pilot facility and product labeling clearance, before any commercial launch can proceed. The company plans to eventually debut hybrid products combining plant-based proteins with its cultivated fat, including Italian Style Cultivated Meatballs and Applewood Smoked Cultivated Bacon, at both restaurant and retail locations once fully approved. The company's business model targets both direct consumer products and B2B partnerships with plant-based and conventional food manufacturers. This development represents a potential diversification pathway for the cellular agriculture industry, offering alternative commercialization strategies. #cellag #futureoffood #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedmeat

Cultivated meat startup Magic Valley received a $100,000 grant from the Australian federal government's Industry Growth Program to accelerate the development and scaling of its cultivated meat technology platform. The funding reflects Australian government support for cellular agriculture companies transitioning from research and development to commercial-scale production. Having previously developed animal component-free lamb using induced pluripotent stem cells, Magic Valley plans to use the funding to optimize its bioprocessing techniques and enhance production capabilities while reducing costs. The grant aims to support Magic Valley in advancing its goal of achieving mass-market adoption of cultivated meat products while strengthening Australia's role as an emerging hub for cellular agriculture innovation in the Asia-Pacific region. #cellag #futureoffood #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedmeat

Cell-cultured eel, anyone? Cultivated seafood startup Forsea Foods is making strides through its proprietary organoid technology to develop cell-cultured eel products for the Japanese market, where freshwater eel populations have dramatically declined. Recent consumer research indicates promising market potential, with over a third of Japanese consumers expressing interest in trying cultivated eel, driven by concerns about overfishing and environmental impact. Forsea Foods claims to have achieved a notable breakthrough in cell density, reaching over 300 cells per milliliter with minimal culture media usage. This could potentially reduce production costs below traditional market prices for eel products. The company plans to submit regulatory dossiers and aims to launch its first cultivated eel products in late 2026 or early 2027. #cellag #futureoffood #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedmeat #precisionfermentation