Cultured meat

Singapore lab-grown seafood firm Avant Proteins winding up in another blow to novel food sector

Cultivated meat is thought to be kinder and more sustainable as it is slaughter-free and uses less water and land to produce.

Mergers, closures, diversification: What is happening to Singapore’s cultivated meat sector?

Meatiply's cultivated duck with skin, fat, and muscle layers - one of the company's three advanced cultivated meat technology prototypes.

Cultivated meat startup Meatiply secures US$3.8 million seed funding at first close

Meatable is looking to sell its cultivated pork products in Singapore by Q2 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.

Meatable to launch first cultivated pork products in Singapore by Q2 2024

France's proposed ban applies only to products made and sold in France. It bans a list of 21 meat names to describe protein-based products, including “steak”, “escalope”, “spare ribs”, “ham” or “butcher”.  Above: Lab-cultured "pork".

France makes fresh bid to ban meat names for plant-based food

The company, founded in 2020, is among a handful of front runners in lab-grown meat production in China.

China’s CellX pilots lab-grown meat production, eyes US market

More cultured meat firms and researchers need to consider regional culinary preferences across Asia, such as fishballs or dumplings.
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