Cultured meat refers to lab-grown meat created using cell culture techniques. It is produced by growing stem cell cells collected from cattle, chicken, pigs, fish, and lamb, as well as other types of livestock and seafood. In addition to meat production, cultured meat techniques can be used to ethically manufacture animal byproducts, such as leather, fur, milk, and hen-free egg whites, for example. Cultured meat is ethically produced, because livestock is not used within the manufacturing processes beyond collecting the initial cells for culture.
The rise of the cultured meat market is being supported by the sustainability of the process, as well as the industry's ability to provide "tailor-made nutrition" through its meat and seafood products. Recent surveys indicate that nearly 50% of the consumers do not have any reservation about cultured meat. Over the next 10 to 20 years, the cultured meat market will act as a major disruptor to the conventional meat market.
By 2040, a projected 60% of the world's meat supply will be created from cells grown within bioreactors.
The Global Market for Cultured Meat
The number of startups focused on developing cultured meat-and the required cell culture media, supplements, and methods to produce them-has been expanding rapidly year-over-year. Today, there are nearly a hundred companies worldwide developing cultured meat components, services, and end-products, compared to only four companies five years ago in 2016. Nearly 40 life science firms have launched products to supply market competitors with the essential inputs they need to support cultured meat and seafood production.
Because cultured meat is an early-stage industry, the language to describe it is evolving in real-time. Currently, company executives use a range of terms to describe the field, including but not limited to: cultured meat, cultivated meat, cell-based meat, clean meat, cellular agriculture, lab-grown meat, slaughter-free meat, and ethically grown meat.
Although the cultured meat market is a nascent industry, 2020 was a landmark year because a cultured chicken product developed by the company Eat Just made its debut on a restaurant menu in Singapore, after the country's food agency approved its sale to the public. The regulatory approval of this lab-grown meat within Singapore provides hope that other regulatory approvals could follow worldwide.
Flow of capital into the cultured meat industry has also grown substantially in recent years, reaching an astounding $1.0 billion in recent months. Additionally, investments in 2020 surpassed $360 million, a figure that was (6X) time greater than the previous year in 2019.
Major investments within the cultured meat market have included Cargill's investment into Memphis Meats and Aleph Farms, as well as Tyson Foods Venture Fund's investments into Memphis Meats and Future Meat Technologies. Wealthy investors are also piling into the cultured meat market. For example, billionaires Bill Gates and Richard Branson threw their weight (and $17 million) into the Silicon Valley start-up Memphis Meats. The start-up company rose to fame when it produced the world's first lab-grown meatballs made by cultivating cow muscle tissue within a sterile environment.
Another notable investor is Dr. Rick Klausner. A lead investor in the Dutch company Meatable, he is the former director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and former Executive Director of Global Health for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Additionally, the cultured meat industry has received public-sector R&D funding awards within the U.S. and EU. Meanwhile, China signed a $300 million deal to buy lab grown meat produced in Israel in a deal that openly signals its intent to supply cultured meat products to its population of 1.4 billion (15% of the global population).
This cultured meat report explores the following details:
The history and science of cultured meat production
Benefits and advantages of cultured meat production
Production technologies to support cultured meat production
Emerging applications within the cultured meat market
Cost of cell culture medium to support cultured meat production
Cell lines, culture media, scaffolding, and bioprocess designs to support cultured meat production
The geographic distribution of cultured meat research laboratories
Funding opportunities for research into cultured meat production
Rates and volumes of scientific publications about cultured meat technologies
Collaborative researchers within the cultured meat market
Granted and pending patents for cultured meat products and technologies
Capital investments made from 2016 to present into cultured meat companies
Leading investors funding the cultured meat market
The global distribution of cultured meat companies
Current cultured meat products under development
Strategic partnerships within the cultured meat industry
Estimated time for cultured meat products to reach commercialization and widespread adoption
Timelines and requirements for cultured meat to reach cost parity with conventional meat
Government regulation of cultured meat by region
Global consumption and market size for the conventional meat market
Anticipated disruption timeline for the conventional meat market
Global market size for cultured meat, segmented by geography and meat type
Future market size for the cultured meat, segmented by geography, meat type, and year
Profiles of all known cultured meat companies and their products under development
Key questions answered in this report include:
What are alternative names for cultured meat?
What are the technological and nutritional advantages of cultured meat?
Do the cultured meat products have the same color, flavor, and nutrients of conventional meat?
What are the methods and technologies involved in the production of cultured meat?
What is the current production cost of cultured meat and what will it be in the future?
Does cultured meat technology have other applications within the food sector?
What is being done to bring down the cost of cultured meat to be on par with conventional meat?
How many research labs in the world are engaged with cultured meat research?
How many laboratories are offering collaborative research on cultured meat?
How many scientific papers have been published about cultured meat since 2000 and what are the year-over-year trends?
Who are the major patent holders within the cultured meat market?
How much capital has been invested into the cultured meat sector from 2016 to present?
How much capital has been invested into cultured meat by type?
How much venture capital have cultured meat companies received?
What is the current status of the cultured meat industry?
What types of cultured meat products are under development by current market competitors?
What are recent developments and newsworthy events within the global market?
How long it will take for the cultured meat products to reach commercialization?
How long will cultured meat take to reach widespread adoption?
What is the size of the cultured meat market, segmented by geography and type of meat?
What will the size of the cultured meat market grow to by 2032, segmented by geography, type of meat, and year?
Companies Mentioned:
3D Bio-Tissues Ltd.
Agulos Biotech, LLC
Aleph Farms
Alife Foods
Ants Innovate
Artemys Foods
ArtMeat
Atomico
Avant Meats Company Limited
B.I.F.E. Laboratorios-Craveri
Back of the Yard Algae Sciences
Balletic Foods
Because Animals
Bene Meat Technologies AS
Biftek, Inc.
BioBQ
BioFood Systems
BioMilk, Ltd.
BIOMILQ
BioTech Foods
Blue Ridge Bantam
BlueNalu, Inc.
Bluu Biosciences
Boston Meats, Inc.
Bruno Cell SRL
Cargill
Cass Materials Pty Ltd.
CELL AG TECH
Cell Guidance Systems Ltd.
CELLINK
Cellivate Technologies
CellMEAT
Celltainer Biotech BV
Cellular Agriculture, Ltd.
CellulaREvolution
CellX
Clear Meat Private Limited
Core Biogenesis
Cubiq Foods
Cultured Blood
Cultured Decadence
DaNAgreen Co., Ltd.
Defined Bioscience, Inc.
DFJ
Dipole Materials
Diverse Farms
East Just, Inc.
Finless Foods, Inc.
Fork & Goode
Future Fields
Future Meat Technologies
Gelatex Technologies, Ltd.
HCS Pharma
Heuros
HigherSteaks
Hoxton Farms
Incuvers
Innocent Meat UG
IntegriCulture, Inc.
Jellatech
JOINN Biologics
KosmodeHealth
Lab Farm Foods
Luyef Biotechnologies
Magic Valley, Pty, Ltd.
MagicCavier
Matrix Meats
Meatable
MeaTech 3D Ltd.
Memphis Meats
Metalytics, Inc.
Mirai Foods AG
Mission Barns
Mogale Meat Co.
Mosa Meat
Multus Media
MyoWorks, Pvt. Ltd.
Mzansi Meat, Co.
New Age Meats
Novel Farms, Inc.
NUProtein Co., Ltd.
Orbillion Bio
ORF Genetics Ltd.
Ospin Modular Bioprocessing
Peace of Meat
Perfect Day Foods
Roslin Technologies Ltd.
Shiok Meats
SingCell Tx Pte. Ltd
SunP Biotech
SuperMeat
Tantti Laboratory, Inc.
TeOra
Tiamat Sciences
TissueByNET Co., Ltd.
TurtleTree Labs
Tyson Foods
Umami Meats
Unicorn Biotechnologies
Upside Foods, Inc.
Vivax Bio
Vow
White Board Foods
Wildtype
This report features all known market competitors worldwide, including their core technologies and products under development. It describes the current state of cultured meat market, as well as emerging technologies, patents, funding events, scientific papers, strategic partnerships, and importantly, the market's presumed trajectory toward global adoption.
Importantly, it presents a comprehensive market size breakdown (segmented by type of meat and geography), as well as future projections through 2032.
Cultured meat is fast becoming a real alternative to its farm-grown counterpart as billionaire entrepreneurs, venture firms, and industry heavyweights invest into companies from across this nascent field. With the competitive nature of this global market, you don't have the time to do the research. Claim this report to become immediately informed, without sacrificing hours of unnecessary research or missing critical opportunities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CULTURED MEAT OVERVIEW
1.1. Statement of the Report
1.2. Introduction
1.3. Executive Summary
2. HISTORY, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY OF CULTURED MEAT
2.1. Nomenclature
2.2. History of Cultured Meat
2.3. The Science of Cultured Meat
2.3.1. Cell Lines
2.3.2. Cell Culture Media
2.3.3. Bioprocess Design
2.3.4. Scaffolding
2.3.5. End Product Considerations
3. POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF CULTURED MEAT
3.1. Sustainability
3.2. Environmental Benefits
3.3. Animal Welfare
3.4. Food Safety
3.5. Novel Foods
4. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF CULTURED MEAT
4.1. Structure and Texture
4.2. Color
4.3. Flavor
4.4. Nutritional Composition
5. CULTURE MEAT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES AND ADVANCES
5.1. Step 1: Acquisition of Seed Cells
5.2. Step 2: Large-Scale Expansion of Seed Cells
5.3. Step 3: Induced Differentiation of Seed Cells
5.4. Step 4: Assembly of Cultured Cells into Meat Products
5.5. Technical Challenges for Large-Scale Production of Cultured Meat
5.5.1. Animal Component-Free Medium for Cell Culture
5.5.2. Intelligent Bioreactor for Scale Up
5.5.3. Degradable/Edible Scaffold for a 3D Structure
5.5.4. Technological Challenges in Cultured Meat Production
5.5.5. The Biggest Challenge
5.5.6. Mass Production Technology
5.5.7. Other Technological Challenges
5.5.8. Production Cost of Cultured Meat
5.6. Additional Emerging Applications of Cultured Meat Technology
5.7. Cultured Meat Reaching the Retail Market: Possible Scenarios
6. ANALYSIS OF CULTURE MEDIUM COSTS FOR LAB-GROWN MEAT
6.1. Cost Breakdown of Pharmaceutical Grade Culture Media
6.2. Cost Breakdown of Food Grade Basal Medium Ingredients
6.3. Potential Scenarios to Reduce Cell Culture Medium Cost
6.3.1. Projected Cost and Fold Reduction (Cost Comparisons)
7. RESEARCH LANDSCAPE
7.1. Cell Line Research at ETH Zurich
7.2. Culture Media Research at New Castle University
7.3. Research at University of Wisconsin, Madison for Scaffolding
7.4. Research on Bioprocess Design at University of BATH
7.5. Cultured Meat Research Lab Database
7.5.1. Funding for Academic Research on Cultured Meat
7.5.2. Research Funding: Cultured Meat
7.5.3. Collaborative Researchers in Cultured Meat Sector
7.6. Scientific Publications on Cultured Meat
8. PATENT LANDSCAPE
8.1. Types of Patent Claims
8.2. NoTable Patent Holders in Cultured Meat
8.2.1. Impossible Foods
8.2.3. Beyond Meat
8.2.4. JUST
8.2.5. UPSIDE Foods (Memphis Meats)
8.2.6. Perfect Day Foods
8.3. Patent Applications for Scaffolds
9. INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE
9.1. Capital Invested by Type of Cultured Meat
9.3. Cultured Meat Companies by Size of Investment
9.4. Agronomics: The Largest Investor
9.5. Public Sector Investments in Cultured Meat Sector
9.6. A Bird's-Eye View of Investments in Cultured Meat Sector
9.6.1. A Complete List of Venture Investments in the Cultured Meat Industry
9.6.2. Most Active Investors in the Cultured Meat Industry
10. CULTURED MEAT INDUSTRY: CURRENT STATUS, BREAKTHROUGHS, AND HISTORIC EVENTS
10.1. Global Presence of Cultured Meat Companies
10.2. Cultured Meat Products under Development
10.2.1. Chicken Nugget from JUST
10.2.2. Chicken Tender from Memphis Meats (UPSIDE Foods)
10.2.3. Cultured Beef Meat Ball by Memphis Meats (UPSIDE Foods)
10.2.4. Cultured Pork Belly and Bacon from Higher Steaks
10.2.5. Cultured Pork Sausage by New Age Meats
10.3. Share of Companies by Product Type
10.4. Cultured Meat Industry's Landmark Events
10.4.1. First QSR Partnership in Cultured Meat Space
10.4.2. First Partnership in Cultured Meat Space
10.4.3. First Restaurant Concept in Cultured Meat Space
10.4.4. First Acquisition in Cultured Meat Space
10.4.5. First Commercial Sale of Cultured Meat Product
10.4.6. First Series B Fund Raising in Cultured Meat Space
10.4.7. First U.S. Government's R&D Funding for Cultured Meat
10.4.8. First E.U. R&D Funding for Cultured Meat
10.4.9. First Paper on Soy Protein Scaffolding
10.5. Major Recent Developments in Cultured Meat Sector
10.5.1. Aleph Farms' Partnerships with Mitsubishi and BRF S.A.
10.5.2. BlueNalu's $60 Million Convertible-Note Financing
10.5.3. Future Meat Produces Cultured Chicken Breast for $7.50