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💫 Start-up spotlight: Meatly We speak to Owen Ensor, founding CEO of Meatly, a British cultivated pet food start-up that, in July this year, received 'Europe's first' approval to sell #cellbased meat. 📝 Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/e_r-cpsq

🌱 European food-tech start-ups Revo Foods and Paleo have announced a new partnership, backed by €2.2m in EU funding, to develop #plantbased salmon alternatives containing precision-fermented myoglobin. Essential to the taste, texture and nutritional value of meat products, the traditionally animal-derived protein can now be produced through an animal-free fermentation process – an area Belgian food-tech Paleo specialises in.

🥛 Bon Vivant unveils ‘Europe’s first’ peer-reviewed LCA for precision-fermented milk proteins. The life cycle analysis carried out by Bon Vivant demonstrates the environmental efficiency of its manufacturing technique, with:   🌎 72% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions  💧 81% reduction in water consumption  🌱 99% less arable land used and occupied

🎊 Nutreco has officially opened the ‘world’s first’ dedicated food-grade powder production facility for cell feed at Nutreco in Boxmeer, The Netherlands. Over 50 delegates from the cell-cultured protein industry came together for the centre’s official opening.

📣 Big Idea Ventures has announced six new company investments through the Global Food Innovation Fund II. The latest cohort includes start-ups that are developing solutions from fermentation-enabled fatty acids and novel methods for developing cultivated meat, to protein-based flavours and advancements in microbiome and gut health. The new start-ups that operate in the #cellag space, are:  MEATOSYS, Germany BiomeMega, Australia Nalca Biotech, Chile ReNewFood, UK

🌭 BREAKING! Meatable and Sticta Biologicals have received a research grant from The Good Food Institute 🐽 Along with Merken Biotech and the Center for Mathematical Modeling at the Universidad de Chile, the aim of the research project is to develop a precise and genome-scale metabolic model of porcine cells 🐖 This model will help to identify the most efficient way to feed porcine cellsm ultimately increasing yield, and will boost understanding of why cell biology changes during proliferation. This is expected to aid in media and cell line improvements that allow for longer expansion phases at faster population doublings, increasing yield and reducing process variability of #cultivatedpork. 🧫 Read more on The Cell Base 👉 https://lnkd.in/emk2zy6r #culturedmeat #cultivatedmeat #Meatable #StictaBiologicals #Chile #pork #cellbasedmeat #TheCellBase

🤝 Friends & Family Pet Food Company has entered into a strategic collaboration with Berkeley, California biotech company Novel Farms, Inc..  Through the collaboration, the companies hope to produce a new class of cultivated-meat pet foods.

🌱 Last week, I had the pleasure of attending The Future of Protein Production 2024 at the RAI Amsterdam, where industry leaders, scientists and regulatory experts gathered to explore the next steps in sustainable protein production. 🤝 This year’s event featured a much-expanded space, including a dedicated start-up zone, making room for even more innovative companies and networking. Coinciding with the launch of ATOVA Regulatory Consulting, SLU’s Regulating the Future of Food Conference, the event explored the critical regulatory frameworks impacting cultivated, fermented and molecular-farmed foods worldwide. 💡 The conference buzzed with strategic insights from leading voices, including Ira van Eelen, Ronald Visschers Ivy Farm Technologies' Harsh Amin, PhD, the Food Standards Agency's Thomas Vincent, GOURMEY's Nicolas Morin-Forest, Hannah Lester, Thomas Herget, Melt&Marble's Thomas Cresswell, PoLoPo, Multus' Cai Linton, Merck Group and The Good Food Institute who highlighted exciting developments across the cellular agriculture spectrum. 💚 Thanks for having me #FPP for another smashing year! 🧫 Check out my full review for a closer look at the key takeaways 👉  https://lnkd.in/erkYN3jP

🌍🌱 Navigating the future: Key insights from #FPP Amsterdam 2024 ⤵️ As the conversation on food #sustainability accelerates, Amsterdam was once again at the centre of this discussion, hosting the The Future of Protein Production 2024 at the RAI. The gathering brought together industry pioneers, scientists and regulatory bodies to address breakthroughs, investment strategies and challenges in the burgeoning #altprotein sector. 📝 Read Phoebe Fraser's insights from the event here: https://lnkd.in/eH5DXfcy

🚀🧫 Here's your weekly update, from The Cell Base! 📰 Discover the latest #cellbased industry news from; VITAL MEAT, Meatly, Steakholder Foods, MicroLub & Meatable. 📥 Subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest news straight to your inbox! - #cellbasedmeat #cellbasedindustry #cultivatedmeat #cellbasedprotein #biomanufacturing #innovation #cellbasedseafood #cellbaseddairy #cultivated #cultivatedfood #cellbasedfood