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Sometimes, all it takes is 30 minutes to learn the ins and outs of new food technologies and trends that are transforming the food and beverage industry. In this series, we’ll dig into a food innovation topic and link you to content and resources so you can become a master on the topic in 30 minutes (or less!). T
his week, we’re looking at cellular food entering or currently on the market, and opportunities for commercialization in Canada and around the world.
The Overview
Forbes – Eat Just To Scale Up Cultured Meat Production On Gaining New Regulatory Approval In Singapore
Eat Just Inc. is scaling up production of its cultivated chicken product in Singapore, and is set to reach price parity with conventional chicken by 2027.
Foodnavigator – SCiFi Foods claims industry first for cultivated beef, says immediate future is hybrid for cell-cultured meat
Sci-Fi Foods hopes to be the first company to launch cellular meat in the U.S.
YODL – Funding for Cellular Food Research and Development
There are several sourcing of funding for companies working to develop new products, technology, and services for the emerging cellular agriculture industry in Canada.
The Canadian Connection
YODL – One Year Check In: A Roundtable with CFIN and Ontario Genomics' AcCELLerate-ON Funding Recipients Last year CFIN and Ontario Genomics funded five companies working on cell food projects. We wanted to know how their projects were progressing one year later.
YODL – Cultivating Success: Canada’s Big Biomanufacturing Opportunity
On May 16, 2023 CFIN will host an immersive experience in the emerging world of cellular food. Sign up for the webinar here.
Food in Canada – Cell-ag institute launching in Alberta university
Canada will soon have its own cellular agriculture institute at the University of Alberta.
Social Media
Because Animals – (LinkedIn) Because Animals is commercializing cultured meat for pet food.
@believermeats – (Twitter) Believer Meats is one of the first cultivated meat companies working to scale up production.
@goodmeat – (Twitter) Good Meat, a division of Eat Just, Inc., produces cultivated chicken, and is currently for sale at select restaurants in Singapore.
Overtime If you’ve got more than 30 minutes, these are for you:
YouTube – Lab-grown meat moves closer to U.S. restaurants.
