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TIME: How Israel Became the Global Center For Alternative Meat Tech

How Israel Became the Global Center For Alternative Meat Tech

Steakholder Foods joins the conversation in TIME about Israeli innovation in the food tech industry with its lab-grown meat companies. 

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San Francisco Examiner: This company is 3D printing meat. Is it sustainable?

This company is 3D printing meat. Is it sustainable?

Steakholder Foods finally answered the question we've all had about 3D printing: Yes, you can print a burger. The Examiner attended the company's recent tasting event in San Francisco and had an opportunity to sample cultured meat for themselves.

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The Fish Site: Steakholder files printed fish patent

Steakholder files printed fish patent

Steakholder Foods filed a provisional patent application to achieve the characteristic tender flakiness of cooked fish. The company believes that cultivated fish has the potential to help reduce anticipated supply-side shortages due to climate change, overfishing and ever increasing consumer demand.

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Meat + Poultry: Steakholder Foods holds first tasting event in United States

Steakholder Foods holds first tasting event in United States

Steakholder Foods hosted its first tasting event in the United States. The event provided the opportunity for guests to 3D print personalized steaks, and sample cultured meat canapés, such as beef steamed buns, grilled beef kababs and Thai spicy beef lettuce wraps.

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Jewish Business News: Israel’s Steakholder Foods Files New ‘Fat’ Patent

Israel’s Steakholder Foods Files New ‘Fat’ Patent

Steakholder filed a provisional patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for fat differentiation. The patent includes a new and improved process for differentiating stem cells into fat which is more easily reproducible and cost-effective.

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Quality Assurance Magazine: Steakholder Foods Begins Bovine Cell Line Development Activity in the United States Using USDA-Approved Cattle

Steakholder Foods Begins Bovine Cell Line Development Activity in the United States Using USDA-Approved Cattle

Steakholder is developing a bovine cell line in the United States, isolating cells sourced from live cattle raised on a farm approved by the USDA, moving the company forward on its path toward regulation.

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Future Food Finance: Episode 13: Steakholder Foods’ Secret Sauce

Episode 13: Steakholder Foods’ Secret Sauce

Steakholder Foods CEO Arik Kaufman is interviewed on the Future Food Finance Podcast and talks cultured meat, the technological challenges that have been overcome and the obstacles that still need addressing.

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New Atlas: Lab-grown Wagyu beef morsels could be coming to a meat market near you

Lab-grown Wagyu beef morsels could be coming to a meat market near you

Although Wagyu beef is renowned for its richly marbled taste and texture, it does still come from slaughtered cattle. Steakholder Foods is developing an alternative in the form of its 3D-printed Omakase Beef Morsels. Made from a blend of lab-grown beef muscle and fat cells, their technology enables them to adjust the thickness, patterns marbling and nutritional content of the morsels according to consumer preference.

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Food Engineering: Steakholder Foods announces Highly Marbled 3D-Printed 100% Cultured Beef Cut

Steakholder Foods announces Highly Marbled 3D-Printed 100% Cultured Beef Cut

Steakholder Foods introduced Omakase Beef Morsels, a richly marbled structured meat product developed using a unique 3D-printing process. This technological achievement follows a series of ongoing advancements in the company's development of printed whole cuts of meat, which will likely position Steakholder Foods on the frontline of the market once cultured meat reaches regulatory approval.

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New Food Magazine: Steakholder Foods expands into cultured pork

Steakholder Foods expands into cultured pork

Steakholder Foods is set to begin developing lab grown pork products from a new line of induced pluripotent porcine stem cells (iPS). The new induced pluripotent porcine stem cell line (iPS) will enable Steakholder Foods to continue diversifying its species portfolio and accelerate its market readiness for cultured pork production.

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Food Navigator: Steakholder Foods eyes consumer market for cultivated meat: 'Our strategy has evolved from B2B to B2B2C'

Steakholder Foods eyes consumer market for cultivated meat: 'Our strategy has evolved from B2B to B2B2C

Steakholder Foods has evolved its commercialisation strategy and rebranded in what it describes as the ‘next logical step’ to position itself as ‘primarily a food company’. This journey has seen the company move from ‘strictly’ being a developer and B2B provider of 3D printing technology for cultured meat production to food manufacturers and retailers to ‘also being a producer of culture meat products in consumer-oriented markets’,

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Science Times: Cultured Meat Leader Steakholder (Formerly MeaTech) Eyes $110b Seafood Industry and Asian Markets

Cultured Meat Leader Steakholder (Formerly MeaTech) Eyes $110b Seafood Industry and Asian Markets

Steakholder announced a collaboration with Umami Meats, a Singaporean cultured seafood company, to develop 3D-printed whole-cut seafood products. The two companies plan to develop species that are endangered because of climate change, strong consumer demand, and overfishing. Steakholder's stated aim is to leverage its leadership in 3D bioprinting to venture into this new business vertical and gain a first-mover advantage in the market.

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Business Insider: Can 3D-Printed Steak Fix The Broken Beef Industry?

Can 3D-Printed Steak Fix The Broken Beef Industry?

Beef has a massive carbon footprint. Plant-based alternatives, like Beyond Meat, have grown into a $5.6 billion market. Still, scientists are trying to go a step further. This time, growing real meat in a lab without killing a cow. We head to Israel to see how a 3D-printed steak is made and if it could really make a dent in the busted beef industry.

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Food Ingredients First: MeaTech and Umami Meats collaboration to bolster 3D-printed cultured seafood in Asian markets

MeaTech and Umami Meats collaboration to bolster 3D-printed cultured seafood in Asian markets

MeaTech has signed a partnership deal with Umami Meats to development of 3D-printed cultured seafood. The agreement is part of MeaTech’s strategy of collaboration with other players in the alternative protein space and opens a door for both companies into the Asian market and Singapore, which is currently the only country authorized to produce and distribute cultured meat.

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Forbes: Alt-Meat Company MeaTech Set To Build First Cultured Fat Pilot Plant In Belgium

Alt-Meat Company MeaTech Set To Build First Cultured Fat Pilot Plant In Belgium

The rising demand of meat is driving the search for alternatives that could as well lower its carbon footprint. Although more environmentally friendly than traditional patties, plant based burgers and nuggets still do not fully satisfy consumers’ expectations as they lack juiciness and taste deriving from animal fat.

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VegNews: How Do You Make Whole-Cut Cultivated Meat? You Exercise It, Of Course.

How Do You Make Whole-Cut Cultivated Meat? You Exercise It, Of Course.

IP Australia has granted MeaTech a patent for the development of systems that physically manipulate cultivated muscle tissue in a way that mimics cow movement without the cow.

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Alt-Meat Magazine: The Right Path

The Right Path

Alt-Meat Magazine cover story and in-depth interview with MeaTech CEO, Arik Kaufman

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3D Print: Bioprinted Meat and Fungi Could Result in New Hybrid Meat Products for MeaTech

Bioprinted Meat and Fungi Could Result in New Hybrid Meat Products for MeaTech

Trying to convince meat eaters to eat less meat will take more than plant protein. Hybrid meats could become a true replacement for traditional beef. MeaTech and Enough’s hybrid foods would offer a meatier taste, which is closer to conventional meat.

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Nutritional Outlook: MeaTech announces agreement between its subsidiary Peace of Meat and mycoprotein leader Enough

MeaTech announces agreement between its subsidiary Peace of Meat and mycoprotein leader Enough

As part of the initiative, cultured avian fat biomass will provide the signature flavors, aromas, and textures of conventional meat while Enough’s mycoprotein will add high nutritional value with protein and fiber content and essential amino acids, zinc and iron.

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Food Navigator: ENOUGH and MeaTech3D collaborate the next generation of meat alternatives... ‘Hybrid products with cultured meat’

ENOUGH and MeaTech3D collaborate the next generation of meat alternatives... ‘Hybrid products with cultured meat’

Plant based meat analogues are still striving to deliver a genuine "meaty" taste, texture and mouthfeel. Could combining plant proteins with cultured animal fats offer a solution? Food Tech innovators ENOUGH and MeaTech3D have launched a collaboration to find out.

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The National Provisioner: MeaTech subsidiary to open Belgian pilot plant in 2023

MeaTech subsidiary to open Belgian pilot plant in 2023

MeaTech 3D Ltd. has announced that its Belgian subsidiary, Peace of Meat B.V., will build a 21,530 sq. ft. pilot plant in Belgium, with construction expected to commence in 2022. The new facility will expand and accelerate MeaTech's cultured avian technology and R&D capabilities and help propel the company's market entry.

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Perishable News: MeaTech’s Subsidiary to Open 21,530 Square Foot Pilot Plant in Belgium in 2023

MeaTech’s Subsidiary to Open 21,530 Square Foot Pilot Plant in Belgium in 2023

MeaTech today announced that its Belgian subsidiary, Peace of Meat B.V., will build a 21,530 sq. ft. pilot plant in Belgium, with construction expected to commence in 2022. The new facility will expand and accelerate MeaTech’s cultured avian technology and R&D capabilities and help propel the company’s market entry.

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International Business Times: With Recent US Expansion and Quarterly Growth, MeaTech is Ready to Dominate Cultivated Meat Industry

With Recent US Expansion and Quarterly Growth, MeaTech is Ready to Dominate Cultivated Meat Industry

Can cultivated meat provide a solution to the vast issues surrounding the production of meat? MeaTech believes that it can, and they have the cultivated meat technologies to do it by simplifying the meat supply chain, reducing carbon footprint, and preventing the slaughtering of animals.

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Green Queen: 5 Cultivated Meat Companies Pushing for U.S. Launch in 2022

5 Cultivated Meat Companies Pushing for U.S. Launch in 2022

Israeli foodtech MeaTech 3D is focused on two aspects of cultivated meat. The first is chicken fat that can be leveraged in a B2B scale, to add flavour to other cultivated developments. In addition, honing of industrial processes and technology to manufacture recognizable meat cuts. Steak and chicken breasts have both been slated for future unveiling.

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Food Engineering: Cultured meat that looks and handles like real meat

Cultured meat that looks and handles like real meat

MeaTech 3D Ltd., a relatively new international food technology company specializing in cultured meat, demonstrated a significant improvement in its differentiation process from stem cells to muscle fibers. The company has succeeded in accelerating the formation of real living muscle fibers and enhancing their quality to mirror key characteristics of farm-raised meat.

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New Protein: MeaTech 3D Develops Novel Process to Create Better Muscle Fibres from Cultivated Stem Cells

MeaTech 3D Develops Novel Process to Create Better Muscle Fibres from Cultivated Stem Cells

MeaTech 3D, a company that combines cultured meat production with 3D printing technology, revealed significant improvement in its differentiation process from stem cells to mature muscle fibers. The novel technology allows muscle cells to fuse into fibers with improved density, thickness, and length, that better resemble those in whole cuts of farm-raised meat.

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The Spoon: MeaTech Achieves Cultured Meat Milestone by Developing Muscle Fibers from Stem Cells

MeaTech Achieves Cultured Meat Milestone by Developing Muscle Fibers from Stem Cells

MeaTech3D, an Israel-based cultured meat startup, announced this week that it had demonstrated progress in the differentiation process from stem cells to muscle fibers.

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Food Dive: Why famous people are joining food tech advisory boards

Why famous people are joining food tech advisory boards

Hollywood A-listers including Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher, former government officials and other household names are working with companies, lending their expertise and cachet.

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Money Show: Top Picks 2022 - MeaTech 3D (MITC)

Top Picks 2022: MeaTech 3D (MITC)

A look at achievements in cell-cultured meat from MeaTech, along with a recommendation to purchase its stock.

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TechCrunch: Is Cell-Cultured Meat Ready for Prime Time?

Is Cell-Cultured Meat Ready for Prime Time?

An in-depth look at various cell-cultured meat companies and their approaches.

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The Hill: World's largest lab-grown steak makes sizzling debut

World's largest lab-grown steak makes sizzling debut

An Israeli company has produced the world’s largest lab-grown steak. MeaTech 3D used bovine stem cells, or cow stem cells, to incorporate it into “bio-inks” in its 3D printer to create a nearly 4-oz steak. The company hopes to eventually produce and sell these printed meats for the same cost as traditional meat.

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The Guardian: World’s largest lab-grown steak unveiled by Israeli firm

World’s largest lab-grown steak unveiled by Israeli firm

The largest lab-grown steak yet produced has been unveiled by the Israeli company MeaTech 3D, weighing in at nearly 4oz (110 grams).

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New Atlas: Israeli firm is the latest to print out a "real beef" lab-grown steak

Israeli firm is the latest to print out a "real beef" lab-grown steak

Earlier this year, we heard how two separate groups had developed the world's first lab-grown rib-eye steak and Waygu beef. Israeli startup MeaTech 3D is now joining their ranks, with a "cultivated steak" of its own.

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Green Queen: The Week In Food Tech: Ashton Kutcher Invests In 3D Meat

The Week In Food Tech: Ashton Kutcher Invests In 3D Meat

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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PopCulture: Ashton Kutcher Reveals His Next Promising Business Venture

Ashton Kutcher Reveals His Next Promising Business Venture

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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PlantBased News: Ashton Kutcher Invests In ‘Innovative’ And Sustainable Slaughter-Free Meat Company

Ashton Kutcher Invests In ‘Innovative’ And Sustainable Slaughter-Free Meat Company

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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Food Ingredients First: Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary partner with MeaTech to scale cultured meat production tech

Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary partner with MeaTech to scale cultured meat production tech

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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VegNews: Ashton Kutcher Joins Cell-Based Meat Company to Develop 3D Bioprinting

Ashton Kutcher Joins Cell-Based Meat Company to Develop 3D Bioprinting

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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Food Industry Executive: Collective Led By Ashton Kutcher And Guy Oseary Announce Partnership With Cultivated Meat Leader MeaTech

Collective Led By Ashton Kutcher And Guy Oseary Announce Partnership With Cultivated Meat Leader MeaTech

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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Times of Israel: Ashton Kutcher-led group invests in Israeli maker of lab-grown meat

Ashton Kutcher-led group invests in Israeli maker of lab-grown meat

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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Vegconomist: Ashton Kutcher Invests in MeaTech to Help Push Israeli Cultivated Meat to Market

Ashton Kutcher Invests in MeaTech to Help Push Israeli Cultivated Meat to Market

A group led by actor Ashton Kutcher and celebrity publicist Guy Oseary is joining forces with cell-based meat company MeaTech to develop 3D bioprinted meats.

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Vegconomist: MeaTech Group Produces 700g of Cell-Cultured Chicken Fat in One Production Run

MeaTech Group Produces 700g of Cell-Cultured Chicken Fat in One Production Run

Israeli cell-cultured meat company MeaTech 3D has announced its subsidiary, Peace of Meat, has produced over half a kilogram of cultured chicken fat biomass in a single production run, is likely the first time such a large quantity of animal fat has been produced in one batch outside of an animal.

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Israel Hayom: The flavor's in the lab-grown fat

The flavor's in the lab-grown fat

Slaughter-free meat startup MeaTech produces a pound of cultivated fat biomass, a key ingredient for alternative proteins.

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3D Printing Industry: MeaTech cultures 700 grams of chicken fat in meat-printing “breakthrough”

MeaTech cultures 700 grams of chicken fat in meat-printing “breakthrough”

Israeli food-tech firm MeaTech has reached another landmark in its mission to develop a tasty yet eco-friendly 3D bioprinted alternative to organic meat products. In what's believed to be the first biomass 3D printing demo of its kind, the firm has managed to cultivate just over 700 grams of pure chicken fat, within a single run.

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Medium: Simon Fried of MeaTech on the Cultured Meat and Future Food Show

Simon Fried of MeaTech on the Cultured Meat and Future Food Show

MeaTech's Simon Fried is interviewed on the Cultured Meat and Future Food Show.

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Food Industry Executive: MeaTech Announces Filing of Provisional Patent Application for Differentiation of Stem Cells to Produce Cultured Fat

MeaTech Announces Filing of Provisional Patent Application for Differentiation of Stem Cells to Produce Cultured Fat

MeaTech 3D Ltd. announced it has filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) relating to methods that use purely plant-sourced inputs to guide targeted differentiation of embryonic mesenchymal stem cells into adipocytes, which are fat cells. MeaTech’s goal is to allow for production of intramuscular fat as is typically found in marbled meat like Wagyu beef.

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Vegconomist: Can We Print Meat? Simon Fried of MeaTech Explains on The Plantbased Business Hour

Can We Print Meat? Simon Fried of MeaTech Explains on The Plantbased Business Hour

Can we print meat? Indeed, we can! Simon Fried of MeaTech explains on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano.

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3D Printing Industry: MeaTech Unveils Plans to 3D Print Pork and Enter Chicken Fat Production by 2022

MeaTech Unveils Plans to 3D Print Pork and Enter Chicken Fat Production by 2022

Meat 3D bioprinting specialist MeaTech has revealed that it intends to enter premarket comestible production next year within its H2 2021 financial results.

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3DPrint.com: 3DPOD Episode 75: 3D Printed Meat with MeaTech 3D Founder, Omri Schanin

3DPOD Episode 75: 3D Printed Meat with MeaTech 3D Founder, Omri Schanin

In this 40 minute podcast, the professionals from 3DPrint.com interview Omri Schanin of MeaTech on the description and merits of cultivated meats, and the technologies behind this emerging technology.

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Vegconomist: Cell-Cultured Pork Next on the Menu for Israel's MeaTech 3D

Cell-Cultured Pork Next on the Menu for Israel's MeaTech 3D

Cultured pork is the next targeted meat protein for MeaTech, which is exploring possibilities for creating cultivated pork using its proprietary 3D printers.

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3D Printing Industry: MeaTech Files Provisional Patent Application for Novel Bioprinting Method

MeaTech Files Provisional Patent Application for Novel Bioprinting Method

Israeli food tech company MeaTech has filed a provisional patent application to the United States Patent Office (USPTO) for a novel bioprinting method that it believes has the potential to provide “exceptional control” of multi-layered bioink printing. MeaTech’s technology reportedly allows for significant control of the droplet size, volume and placement onto a sacrificial substrate layer during in-situ inkjet 3D printing, and could allow for highly advantageous bioprinting resolutions in its meat-emulating products.

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3D Printing Media Network: MeaTech to establish pilot chicken fat cellular production plant

MeaTech to establish pilot chicken fat cellular production plant

MeaTech 3D, a technology company developing a suite of advanced manufacturing technologies to produce cultured meat products, is planning to establish, own, and operate a pilot plant to commence scaled-up cultured chicken fat production in 2022. The company’s European branch, MeaTech Europe, has also commenced food technology development activities, with an initial focus on hybrid foods, which are food offerings composed of both plant and cultured fat and/or protein ingredients.

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Food Ingredients 1st: MeaTech 3D exec reveals cultured chicken fat scale-up plans for new pilot plant

MeaTech 3D exec reveals cultured chicken fat scale-up plans for new pilot plant

MeaTech 3D, a technology company developing cultured meat products, has revealed its latest move to establish, own and operate a pilot plant to commence scaled-up cultured chicken fat production in 2022. Simon Fried, head of business development at MeaTech, speaks to FoodIngredientsFirst about the future plans and evolution, its latest acquisition and the technology behind the company’s success.

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Vegconomist: MeaTech to Open Belgium Factory to 3D Print “Real Meat Cuts” Like Steak & Chicken Breast

MeaTech to Open Belgium Factory to 3D Print “Real Meat Cuts” Like Steak & Chicken Breast

MeaTech 3D Ltd., the first cell-cultured meat company to be publicly listed, yesterday announced its intention to establish, own, and operate a pilot plant in 2022, with the goal of producing cultured chicken fat for industry collaborations. Ultimately, MeaTech plans to produce real meat cuts, such as steak or chicken breast, using 3D bioprinting technology.

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The Spoon: MeaTech 3D Will Produce Cultivated Fat, Whole Steaks at Its Forthcoming Pilot Facility

MeaTech 3D Will Produce Cultivated Fat, Whole Steaks at Its Forthcoming Pilot Facility

Israeli bioprinting startup MeaTech 3D this week became the latest cultivated meat company to announce a pilot production facility, which the company intends to have operational in 2022. The plant’s location is yet to be announced. MeaTech said they will use the facility to increase the production of cultured chicken fat from Peace of Meat, a Belgian company MeaTech acquired in December of 2020.

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No Camels: Israeli Cultured Meat Company MeaTech to Open PilotPlant in Belgium

Israeli Cultured Meat Company MeaTech to Open PilotPlant in Belgium

Israeli cultured meat bioprinting company MeaTech, listed on the Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, announced plans this week to launch a pilot plant in Belgium next year that would produce cultured chicken fat at scale.