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2026 State of the Industry series - The Good Food Institute Explore our State of the Industry series for insights into the rapidly evolving alternative protein landscape.

📊 Our annual State of the Industry reports are now available. These reports summarize the trends, challenges, and progress in the alternative protein industry over the last year.

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Full press release:

www.ajinomoto.com/cms_wp_ajnmt...

Recombinant transferrin is one of the most expensive inputs in many media formulations

Ajinomoto found that hinokitiol, found in the wood of cypress trees, can replace its function, offering a lower-cost, food-safe, plant-based solution for cultivated meat R&D and production:

FBS Alternatives | Serum-Free Solutions | Cellbase Discover animal-free FBS alternatives for cultivated meat that boost growth, ensure compliance, and enhance commercial viability with validated solutions.

Listed on CellBase, the B2B marketplace for cultivated meat R&D:
cellbase.com/collections/...

Deco Labs launches plant-based albumin alternative cAlbumin for cell culture applications | PPTI News Deco Labs has launched cAlbumin, a plant-based albumin alternative for cell culture, targeting major cost reductions and scalable performance in biomanufacturing and cultivated meat | Alternative Prot...

Recombinant albumin is the most expensive input in most media formulations

It only took Tufts spinout DecoLabs a few years to discover plant-based albumins with the same functionality & to make it a cost-effective product for cultivated meat R&D:

www.proteinproductiontechnology.com/post/deco-la...

PARIMA secures Singapore approval for cultivated duck, becoming first company cleared across chicken and duck | PPTI News PARIMA has secured Singapore approval for cultivated duck, six months after its cultivated chicken clearance, becoming the first cultivated protein company authorized across two species | Alternative ...

www.proteinproductiontechnology.com/post/parima-...

French startup PARIMA receives regulatory approval in Singapore for their cultivated duck product. They are the first company to receive approval for two different species (chicken and duck).

11 safety reviews of cultivated meat have been completed in the last ~6 yrs:

Bluu Reaches Industrial Production of Cultivated Fish Cells for Personal Care & Seafood Germany's Bluu has scaled up production of its cultivated fish cells to 1,000-litre bioreactors with Dutch firm Cultivate at Scale, with personal care its first target.

German startup Bluu partners with Dutch CDMO Cultivate at Scale to scale up their salmon/rainbow trout process to 1000L. Initial products targeting the cosmetics/health industry, followed by food.

Good to see another seafood company reaching 1000Ls

www.greenqueen.com.hk/bluu-lab-gro...

Open-access paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Real-world production data from Czech startup Bene Meat's small-scale production facility shows cultivated meat's environmental impacts

Cultivated meat had a lower land use than conventional production & a competitive carbon footprint with chicken and pork:

I ate lab-grown salmon. It was nothing like I expected Wildtype uses a plant-based scaffolding to coax the cells to assemble themselves into a piece of actual fish.

Very weird that people aren't more excited about being able to produce infinite salmon, free of mercury & parasites, all from a single sample of cells, without ever having to wild catch or factory farm another fish again:

www.fastcompany.com/91513827/i-a...

JBS Opens $37M Biotech Hub for Cultivated, Microbial & Functional Proteins Brazilian meat giant JBS has opened a $37M facility for "superproteins", including microbial and cell-cultivated foods, targeting supplements and precision nutrition.

JBS opens $37M R&D and innovation center in Brazil focused on nutritionally and functionally optimized protein sources for the future.

Cultivated meat is one of the verticals:

www.greenqueen.com.hk/jbs-superpro...

Overall, the (still limited) data suggest cultivated meat may have advantages when it comes to protein digestibility, and there are opportunities to further increase and tune nutritional content through feeding or differentiation strategies.

The overall protein content was lower in the cultivated sample, though, which is consistent with trends from nutritional data found in regulatory approvals. This may be related to the lack of or shorter differentiation/maturation time in current cultivated meat production processes.

In the second study of its kind, cultivated pork was again found to have higher protein digestibility and conversion into free amino acids compared to conventional pork. Whether this is due to the differences in sample structure is to be determined.

Study here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Exclusive: Aleph Farms's Lab-Grown Meat Matches Beef in Consumer Taste Tests In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant.

In blind taste tests, AlephFarms' cultivated beef was indistinguishable from conventional beef on taste/texture

www.greenqueen.com.hk/aleph-farms-...

Their product looks like what is in the main picture to my knowledge. I believe it is ~0.4 to 0.5 cm thick, so akin to a thin strip of steak.

And yes, thicker or more complex products are definitely still a ways off

This is solid evidence for the driving hypothesis of near-term market success of cultivated meat: the cells carry the taste & we already have good methods to make textured plant proteins. Mix those two together, and you get products that people will enjoy.

Exclusive: Aleph Farms's Lab-Grown Meat Matches Beef in Consumer Taste Tests In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant.

In blind taste tests, AlephFarms' cultivated beef was indistinguishable from conventional beef on taste/texture

www.greenqueen.com.hk/aleph-farms-...

Where cultivated meat can be sold around the world - The Good Food Institute Explore an updated tracker of all the countries where cultivated meat can be sold, along with a list of companies and product formats.

Our new webpage serves as a centralized resource for tracking where cultivated meat can be sold around the world. Check it out:

gfi.org/resource/whe...

Scientist urges cultured meat industry to consider spent media As the cultivated meat industry continues to grapple with scale-up and regulation challenges, scientists explore upcycling spent culture media.

Coverage of our modeling work on valorizing lactic acid from spent cell culture media & other opportunities to use spent media as a feedstock for fermentation or explore other recycling strategies to promote circularity & improve economics in cultivated meat:

insights.figlobal.com/upcycling/sc...

Here's a fact for you: This study is based on asinine assumptions that have nothing to do with how cultivated meat is produced.

Read why here:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

"Lab-grown meat" is currently available in 4 restaurants in the US.

Opinion | South Dakota joins the lab-grown meat panic People can decide for themselves what they’d like to eat.

The @washingtonpost Editorial Board calls out the states that are banning (permanently or temporarily) the sale of cultivated meat under false safety concerns to disguise the nanny-state actions led by the cattle lobby that are actually driving the policies

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

South Dakota Becomes Eighth US State to Ban Lab-Grown Meat South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden has signed a bill to put a five-year moratorium on cultivated meat, after vetoing a proposal to impose a permanent ban.

"We respect free markets & recognize that cultivated meat products are approved and inspected by the same federal agencies that regulate conventional meat", so we'll ban cultivated meat for 5 years

Very logical stance from S. Dakota politicians & cattle lobby

www.greenqueen.com.hk/south-dakota...

Rogue Pet: Magic Valley Debuts Australia's First Lab-Grown Meat for Dogs Australian cultivated meat startup Magic Valley has launched Rogue Pet, a dog food brand, to generate early revenue, with initial products selling out within a week.

Startup Magic Valley debuts cultivated dog treats in Australia:

www.greenqueen.com.hk/magic-valley...

The 15 foods destroying rainforests, in one simple chart New research reveals which food crops are razing the rainforest. One comes out way ahead — and it’s an American favorite.

Data from: www.vox.com/climate/4800...

In just the last 20 years, beef production destroyed global forests the size of California, mostly in the tropics

Through tree loss alone (not including methane or feed crop production), this caused 3x the annual CO2 emissions of the US

It's the cow, not the how. Invest in #cultivatedmeat.

China's 'new proteins' bet: A win for Singapore Discover how China's investment in 'new proteins' and biomanufacturing is advancing global food security and benefiting Singapore's innovation efforts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at stra...

China continues to heavily invest in alternative proteins.

Would not be surprising if they replicate their control of supply chains like batteries and solar, but for future protein production

www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sc...