List of cultured meat companies

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This is a list of companies involved in the sale and development of cultured meat, along with information about them.

Because the commercial production of cultured meat is as of the 2020s still a developing industry, with unprecedented technological challenges and breakthroughs or failures, the progress of pioneers and early start-ups has received much attention in the media and the scientific community.[1] The number of cultured meat companies increased from about 10 start-ups in 2016 to "98 cultured meat companies engaged in culture-related meat production" in December 2022.[1] In addition to these companies, non-profit organisations such as New Harvest, the Good Food Institute, ProVeg International[2] and the Cellular Agriculture Society advocate for, fund and research cultured meat.[3]

Cultured meat companies

Note: dates in italics refer to projected dates of achievement in the future; they may shift.

More information Name, Founded ...
Name Founded Area Focus Proof of concept Pilot plant Regulatory approval Market entry
Aleph Farms 2017[4] Israel Beef Dec 2018[4] Feb 2022[5] Jan 2024: Israel[6]
Appleton Meats[7][8] 2016 Canada Beef 2022~2024 (Dec 2022 claim)[1]
Avant Meats 2018[9] Hong Kong Fish protein Nov 2019[10] Nov 2023[11] 2030 (2025 claim)[12]
BioCraft Pet Nutrition
(formerly Because Animals)[13]
2018 United States Pet food May 2019[14] 2022 (Aug 2021 claim)[15]
Believer Meats
(formerly Future Meat Technologies)
2018 United States
Israel
Meat 2019 June 2021[16] December 2025 company shutdown: Claimed 2022 (Oct 2019 claim)[17]
Bene Meat Technologies 2020 Czech Republic Pet food May 2024[18] Circa 2024 Late 2024 or early 2025 (2024 claim)
Biftek[19] 2018[20] Turkey Culture media
BioBQ[21] 2018 United States Brisket[22]
BlueNalu[23] 2018 United States Seafood Fall 2019[24] 2022 2028 (2023 claim)[25]
BioTech Foods
(acquired by JBS[26])
2017[27] Spain Pork[27] 2020[28] mid-2024 (Dec 2021 claim)[26]
CellX 2020[29] China Pork 2021[30][31] August 2023[32] 2025 (2023 claim)[32]
Clear Meat[33] 2019[33] India Poultry[33] 2022 (May 2019 claim)[34]
Clever Carnivore[35] 2021[36] USA Pork, Beef, Lamb[37] May 2023 June 2024
Cultured Hub[38][a] 2021[39]  Switzerland Meat[39] December 2024[40]
Eat Just
(formerly Hampton Creek)
2011 United States Meat Dec 2017[41] Constructing (Jan 2020)[42] November 2020: Singapore[43]
June 2023: United States[44]
Dec 2020: restaurants Singapore
By Jan 2023: foodservices Singapore[45]
July 2023: restaurants US[46]
Commercial sales have been "paused"[47]
Finless Foods 2016[48] United States Tuna Sep 2017[49] Constructing (Oct 2021)[50]
Forsea Foods 2021 Israel Seafood Jan 2024[51]
Higher Steaks 2017 United Kingdom Pork July 2020[52]
IntegriCulture, Inc. 2015 Japan Foie gras 2021 (June 2018 claim)[53] 2021 (July 2020 claim)
Matrix Meats[citation needed] 2019 United States Scaffolding 2020[54]
Meatable[55] 2018 Netherlands Pork End 2020[56] Nov 2023[57] December 2025 Company shutdown after April 2024: public tasting in EU[57]
late 2024: restaurants in Singapore (Apr 2024 claim)[57]
2025: United States (Apr 2024 claim)[44]
Meatleo[citation needed] 2021 Canada Beef
Mewery[58] 2020 Czech Republic Pork 2023[59]
Mirai Foods 2020  Switzerland Beef June 2020[60]
Mission Barns[61] 2018 United States Fat 2021[62] Circa 2023[61]
Mosa Meat[63]
(emerged from Maastricht University)
2015 Netherlands Beef Aug 2013 (UM)[64] Installing (May 2020)[65] Mid-2026 (expected regulatory
approval)
(Jan 2025 claim)[66]
Motif FoodWorks 2019[67] United States Beef End 2020 (Aug 2020 claim)[68] Q4 2021 (beef flavouring) (Oct 2020 claim)[69]
Multus Media[70] 2019 United Kingdom Culture media October 2019[71]
New Age Eats
(New Age Meats 2018–22[72])
2018–[73]
2023[74]
United States Pork Sep 2018[75] Constructing (Oct 2021)[76] March 2023: company shutdown[74]
Omeat[77][78][79] 2019 United States
Orbillion Bio[80] 2019[81] United States
Parima

(from merging of GOURMEY and VITAL MEAT in 2025)

2019 France Duck and Chicken 2026
SavorEat 2016[4] Israel Beef Mid-2021 (restaurants) (May 2020 claim)[4]
SCiFi Foods[82]
(formerly Artemys Foods)
2019 United States Meat Fall 2020[83] June 2024: company shutdown[84]
Shiok Meats
(acquired by Umami Bioworks 2024[85])
2018[86] Singapore Shrimp
Beef[87]
2019
(shrimp)[88]
2021 (March 2020 claim)[86][89][90]
Steakholder Foods
(formerly MeaTech;
subsidiary: Peace of Meat)
2019 Israel
Belgium
Foie gras 4 March 2020[91] Constructing; 2022 (May 2021 claim)[92] 2023 (Dec 2019 claim)[93]
SuperMeat 2015[4] Israel Poultry 2018[94] November 2020[95] By 2022 (May 2020 claim)[4]
Test restaurant Nov 2020[95]
Upside Foods
(formerly Memphis Meats)
2015 United States Poultry Feb 2016[96] 4 November 2021[97][98] June 2023: United States[44] July 2023: restaurants US[99]
Commercial sales paused January 2024[47][100]
Vow[101] 2019[102] Australia Kangaroo, Quail Aug 2019[103] Oct 2022[104] April 2024: Singapore[57]
April 2025: FSANZ[105]
Apr 2024: SG approval and launch[106]

June 2025: AU & NZ market entry [107][108][109]

Wildtype 2016 United States Salmon June 2019[110] 24 June 2021[111] 28 May 2025: United States[112] June 2025: U.S. market entry[112]
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Pilot plants

Note: data in italics refer to unfinished projects or projected capacities in the future; they may shift.

More information Company, Location(s) ...
Company Location(s) In service Projected capacity
Aleph Farms Rehovot, Israel[113] Feb 2022[5] (3,000 m2[113]). Fully operational by summer 2022[5]
Believer Meats[b]
and GEA Group[114]
Rehovot, Israel[113] June 2021[16] 500 kilograms per day (182,625 kg/y)[113]
Wilson, North Carolina[114] Constructing (Sep 2024)[114] (12,000 tonnes annually[114])
BioTech Foods
(acquired by JBS[26])
San Sebastián, Spain[26]
(production facility)[115]
2020[28]
mid-2024[115]
1,000 tonnes annually[115]
(scalable to 4,000 tonnes annually)[115]
Florianópolis, Brazil[115] Constructing (Sep 2023)[115] (R&D facility)[115]
Clever Carnivore Chicago, USA[116] June 2024[116] 2 x 500L bioreactors[116]
Eat Just
(Hampton Creek)
San Francisco, California[50] Constructing (Jan 2020)[42] (20+ 1200L bioreactors[50])
Singapore[45] Constructing plant (Jan 2023)[45] Unknown number of 6000L bioreactors[45]
Finless Foods Emeryville, California[50] Constructing (Oct 2021)[50]
Meatable and DSM Leiden, Netherlands[57]
(until 2023 Delft)[55][117]
Nov 2023 (Leiden
& Singapore)[57]
5,000 kilograms per day by 2025[56]
200-litre bioreactors; scalable to 500-litre (Apr 2024)[57]
Mosa Meat and
NIZO food research[118]
Cultivate at Scale,
Maastricht[119]
Installing (May 2020)[65] 100 kilograms per month (1,200 kg/y) per 200L bioreactor[119][120]
(scalable to 180,000 kg/y)[119]
Biot. Ferm. Factory, Ede[118] Constructing (Jan 2025)[118] Scalable to 10,000 litres, open to all Dutch start-ups[121]
Steakholder Foods
(MeaTech / Peace of Meat)
Antwerp, Belgium[93] 2 labs March 2020[91] 700 grams per production run[122]
Antwerp, Belgium[92] Constructing plant (May 2021)[92]
SuperMeat Ness Ziona, Israel[123][95] November 2020[123][95] "Hundreds of kilograms" per week (June 2021)[95]
Upside Foods
(Memphis Meats)
Emeryville, California[97] 4 November 2021[97] 22,680 kilograms (50,000 pounds) per year[97][98]
(scalable to 400,000 lbs/y / 181,440 kg/y)[98]
Wildtype San Francisco, California[50] 24 June 2021[111] 50,000 pounds (22,680 kg) salmon per year[50]
(scalable to 200,000 lbs/y / 90,718 kg/y)[50]
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See also

Notes

  1. The Cultured Hub, or Cultured Food Innovation Hub, located near Kemptthal railway station in Lindau, Canton of Zürich, is a joint ventrue of Migros, Givaudan and Bühler.[39]
  2. 2018–2022: Future Meat Technologies.

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