Lab-grown meat

Extracted Attributes

• Key Benefits

  Reduced environmental impact, improved animal welfare, enhanced food security, and improved human health

• Common Species

  Pork, beef, chicken, fish, and seafood

• Exotic Species

  Elk, lamb, bison, and Wagyu beef

• Alternative Names

  Cultivated meat, cultured meat, clean meat, in vitro meat, cell-based meat, synthetic meat, slaughter-free meat

• Primary Technology

  Tissue engineering and cellular agriculture

• Global Investment (2021-2023)

  $2.5 billion USD

Timeline

• Wiete Westerhof, van Eelen, and Willem van Kooten file for a worldwide patent on a cultured meat production process. (Source: Web Search (Wikipedia))

  2001-01-01

• NASA begins conducting cultured meat experiments for potential use by astronauts. (Source: Web Search (Wikipedia))

  2001-01-01

• Mark Post creates and presents the first hamburger patty made from tissue grown outside of an animal. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2013-08-05

• SuperMeat opens 'The Chicken,' a farm-to-fork restaurant in Tel Aviv serving cultured chicken burgers. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2020-11-01

• The world's first commercial sale of cell-cultured meat occurs at restaurant 1880 in Singapore, featuring Eat Just chicken. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2020-12-01

• Avant Meats brings cultured grouper to the market. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-01-01

• A bill is introduced in Florida to ban lab-grown meat, cited as an example of regulatory capture by the All-In Podcast. (Source: All-In Podcast)

  2024-03-01

• A study demonstrates that cow cells can be produced safely and stably in a laboratory without genetic modification. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-01-01

Cultured meat

Cultured meat, also known as cultivated meat among other names, is a form of cellular agriculture wherein meat is produced by culturing animal cells in vitro. This process involves the molecularly identical growth of animal flesh, outside of a living animal. Cultured meat is produced using tissue engineering techniques pioneered in regenerative medicine. It has been noted for potential to mitigate the impact of meat production on the environment and addressing issues around animal welfare, food security, and human health. Jason Matheny popularized the concept in the early 2000s after he co-authored a paper on cultured meat production and created New Harvest, the world's first non-profit organization dedicated to in vitro meat research. In 2013, Mark Post created a hamburger patty made from tissue grown outside of an animal; other cultured meat prototypes have gained media attention since. In 2020, SuperMeat opened a farm-to-fork restaurant in Tel Aviv called The Chicken, serving cultured chicken burgers in exchange for reviews to test consumer reaction rather than money; while the "world's first commercial sale of cell-cultured meat" occurred in December 2020 at Singapore restaurant 1880, where cultured chicken manufactured by United States firm Eat Just was sold. Most efforts focus on common meats such as pork, beef, and chicken; species which constitute the bulk of conventional meat consumption in developed countries. Some companies have pursued various species of fish and other seafood, such as Avant Meats who brought cultured grouper to market in 2021. Other companies such as Orbillion Bio have focused on high-end or unusual meats including elk, lamb, bison, and Wagyu beef. The production process of cultured meat is constantly evolving, driven by companies and research institutions. The applications for cultured meat have led to ethical, health, environmental, cultural, and economic discussions. Data published by The Good Food Institute found that in 2021 through 2023, cultured meat and seafood companies attracted over $2.5 billion in investment worldwide. However, cultured meat is not yet widely available. A 2025 study demonstrated that cow cells can be produced safely and stably in a laboratory setting through natural means, without genetic modification or any abnormal transformation.

Web Search Results

• Lab-Grown Meats Will Change the Food Industry Forever - Synthego

  Lab-grown meat, or cultured meat, is produced through the cultivation of animal cells in vitro. Since lab-grown meats are grown from cells, it’s a solution to the ethical issues surrounding livestock agriculture. Cultured meat is produced in a controlled environment, free from bacteria and diseases. [...] ## How is Lab Meat Made? Image Lab grown meat is made by the controlled culture of animal cells. Scientists commonly grow cells in the lab, and this process is not too different. While the specifics behind how lab meat is grown in companies is proprietary, the basics behind it consists of keeping cells happy in a culture environment to promote their survival and continued growth. [...] Despite being grown in a lab, lab-grown meat is close to “real” meat, as it is made from animal cells. Although cultured meats are not yet commercially available, research in ongoing on making these marketable in the next few years. ## The History of Cultured Meat

• Cultured meat - Wikipedia

  Besides cultured meat, the terms cultivated meat, clean meat, in vitro meat, cell-based meat, synthetic meat, slaughter-free meat, craft meat, healthy meat, and schmeat have been used to describe the product. Although it has multiple meanings, artificial meat "Artificial meat (disambiguation)") is occasionally used. The term lab-grown meat has been used in news media, but has been criticized on the basis that as production reaches market-scale, it won't be grown in laboratories but rather [...] Dutch startup Meatable, consisting of Krijn de Nood, Daan Luining, Ruud Out, Roger Pederson, Mark Kotter and Gordana Apic among others, reported in September 2018 that it had succeeded in growing meat using pluripotent stem cells from animal umbilical cords. Although such cells are reportedly difficult to work with, Meatable claimed to be able to direct them to behave to become muscle or fat cells as needed. The major advantage is that this technique bypasses fetal bovine serum, meaning that no [...] In 2001, dermatologist Wiete Westerhof along with van Eelen and businessperson Willem van Kooten announced that they had filed for a worldwide patent on a process to produce cultured meat. The process employed a matrix "Matrix (biology)") of collagen seeded with muscle cells "Cell (biology)") bathed in a nutritious solution and induced to divide. That same year, NASA began conducting cultured meat experiments, with the intent of allowing astronauts to grow meat instead of transporting it. In

• Lab grown meat: how it is made and what are the pros ...

  Some advocates of lab-based meat also consider improved food safety as an advantage of lab-grown meat. This is because, in the controlled lab environment, meat products will not face the traditional risk of contamination with illness-causing bacteria like E.coli or Campylobacter, which usually come from the gut of livestock. However, as with any industrial food production, microbiological or chemical contamination can still occur at different stages. Thorough safety assessments will be needed [...] Animal welfare is one reason for producing lab-grown meat. This production method can produce meat without the need for raising and slaughtering a large number of animals and therefore, has the potential to increase animal welfare within the food system.7 However, the process currently still relies on stem cells obtained from a live animal, and the most widely used culture medium contains fetal bovine serum (FBS), which is collected from foetal blood at animal slaughterhouses, so it is not yet [...] There has been a lot of talk about lab-grown meat (also called cultivated or cell-based meat) in the news recently. This article explains what it is, how it’s made, and the barriers that will need to be overcome if we’re ever going to find it in supermarkets in Europe. ## What are cell-based foods?

• Flesh Without Blood: The Public Health Benefits of Lab‐Grown Meat

  suffering and should thus not raise any moral concerns. Use of lab-grown meat in place of animal agriculture could significantly reduce, if not eliminate, the amount of suffering caused through food production. Since general ethical arguments against clean meat have been reviewed and (we think) refuted elsewhere (Schaefer and Savulescu 2014), we focus the rest of the paper on psychological and behavioural barriers to its uptake. [...] Whichever ethical views one holds, it is clear that intensive animal farming results in a large amount of suffering that would be prevented by the consumption of clean meat. Although there are alternative systems of meat production—often called “humane farms”—that cause less suffering, these are typically considered unsustainable for affordable production of animal products at the current scale of consumption (Singer 2011). By contrast, lab-grown meat is a simple insentient tissue, incapable of [...] One new development, however, may radically change animal agriculture forever: “clean meat.” Along with new plant-based products that mimic the texture and taste of meat, biomedical engineers can now take either stem cells, or adult animal cells, and induce them to replicate until they become a slice of meat. Creating a steak, with its intricate marbling, is challenging. Creating ground beef or chicken nuggets is more straightforward. So straightforward that in 2020 Israel opened the first

• THE PROCESS || What Is Cultivated Meat?

  The first step in meat cultivation is to obtain a sample of cells from an animal. These cells could theoretically come from any animal species or breed. Some scientists are focusing on specialty or heirloom breeds within a species (such as Wagyu beef). Most companies are working on species that are already commonly bred for human consumption, while others are researching cells from a multitude of species in the search for optimal growth potential and taste. Cell samples can be collected without [...] After the meat in the cultivator has grown to the desired size and characteristics, the meat is harvested. The meat then undergoes food processing, packaging, and finally, is sold. An initial small sample of cells is collected from a healthy living animal. The best starter cells are stored in cell banks for use in production. Cellular agriculture is the production of food and materials by directly cultivating cells. Hover over a category on the graphic [...] Researchers choose the best genetic lines and selectively breed animals. Animals become pregnant and then give birth. Cells grow inside a cultivator. Cells are provided water and feed to grow. The nutrient-rich liquid feed contains energy, vitamins and minerals, proteins, and growth stimuli. Cells multiply and mature inside the cultivator.