Global Scans · Lab-grown Meat · Weekly Summary

• Resistance from Traditional Meat Industry: Lab-grown meat faces resistance from India's traditional meat industry, which sees it as a threat to small-scale farmers' livelihoods. Drishti IAS
• Challenges to Italy and Romania's bans could arise should the EU give regulatory approval to lab-grown meat in the future. Mitch
• A £38 million virtual center that will study whether alternative protein sources such as lab-grown meat, plant proteins and insects could become part of the UK diet is due to be launched in the UK. Kent Online
• The alt-protein industry's Good Food Institute has most recently claimed that in a decade, lab-grown meat could have a smaller environmental impact compared with conventional cattle production, if renewable energy is used. Forbes
• By culturing animal cells in bioreactors under controlled conditions, lab grown meat offers a more efficient and sustainable approach to meat production, with the potential to reduce environmental impact and meet the growing global demand for protein-rich foods. Custom Market Insights
• Lab-grown meat represents a significant opportunity to transform the global food system and promote biodiversity. Green Techpreneur
• Eat Just plans to open Asia's largest plant for lab-grown meat in Singapore later in 2023 to make tens of thousands of pounds of meat. Reuters
• Lab-grown meat techniques are not new - cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society's demand for meat will require further development The Conversation U.S. regulators approved the sale of lab-grown chicken meat made from cultivated cells. the weekly ledger
• 'Lab-grown meat' will likely emerge as a viable business in the next few years, again offering alternatives to traditional meat and plant-based alternatives. NCR
• Lab-grown meat, commonly known as cultivated meat, could soon be on supermarket shelves as soon as 2024. 3AW
• Brazilian meatpacker JBS said that its subsidiary BioTech Foods has started construction in Spain on its first commercial-scale plant to produce lab-grown meat, which is set to be completed by mid-2024. ESM Magazine
• In Malaysia, Cell AgriTech plans to open a plant in Penang to produce lab-grown meat by 2025. Transport Times
• Lab-grown meat will be able to be sold to US consumers for the first time, with the federal government granting permission for two separate businesses to offer their chicken products to people. The Guardian
• Meat consumption is projected to increase more than 70% by 2050, and scientists have increasingly been turning to alternatives such as plant-based meats and lab-grown meat. Digital Journal Inc
• Meat consumption is forecast to increase more than 70% by 2050, and scientists have increasingly been turning to alternatives such as plant-based meats and lab-grown meat. Euro Weekly News
• So far, Singapore is the only country where lab-grown meats can be legally sold, but with two recent safety approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it looks like the U.S. could be next in line to approve the sale of cultured meat. Labiotech.eu
• Projected to be a $2 billion industry by 2035, lab-grown meat is viewed by some as a more humane and environmentally sustainable alternative to current animal agriculture (which is a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions). Verisk
• The Smart Protein Fund from London-based Milltrust Ventures and Ireland's Earth First Food Ventures will put funds towards scaling various food tech startups in areas such as lab-grown meat, plant-based, meat, and other protein alternatives. UKTN | UK Tech News
• Once the stuff of science fiction, lab-grown meat could become reality in some restaurants in the United States as early as in 2023. ARY NEWS
• Cultivated, or lab-grown, meat is expected to hit price parity with traditionally raised meat by 2040 at the latest, giving consumers a way to eat meat with minimal environmental impact. Lombard Odier

Last updated: 05 January 2025