Eat Just, ABEC partner to build U.S. cultivated meat plant

GOOD MEAT, a subsidiary of Eat Just, has signed a multi-year agreement with ABEC to build out a cultivated meat manufacturing facility in the U.S.

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An architectural rendering of the proposed GOOD MEAT cultivated meat manufacturing facility.
An architectural rendering of the proposed GOOD MEAT cultivated meat manufacturing facility.

GOOD MEAT, a subsidiary of Eat Just, has signed a multi-year agreement with ABEC to build out a cultivated meat manufacturing facility in the U.S.

“We are proud that our capabilities will help enable this exciting new industry. We look forward to continuing our tradition of innovation and supporting GOOD Meat’s success,” said Scott Pickering, CEO and chairperson of ABEC.

ABEC will design, manufacture, install and commission the ten 250,000-liter bioreactors that the facility will use to produce both chicken and beef with a capacity to make up to 30 million pounds of meat a year, according to a press release. 

The exact location for the U.S. facility is yet to be determined, but should be finalized within the next three months. 

ABEC will also design and manufacture bioreactors for Eat Just’s Alameda, California, headquarters, scheduled to open by the end of 2022, and for the company’s Singapore manufacturing facility, which will open in the first quarter of 2023.

Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

U.S. regulatory approval for cultivated meat still needed

The sale of cultivated meat is not approved in the U.S., but Eat Just is engaging with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on a regulatory pathway to market, the company said.

Eat Just was the first company in the world to gain regulatory approval for the sale of cultivated meat. In 2020, Singapore gave the green light to the company to sell cultivated chicken nuggets commercially within the city-state.

“Our first step was receiving regulatory approval and launching in Singapore. Our second step has been selling to customers through restaurants, street vendors and delivery platforms. We’ve learned that consumers want this, and we’re ready to take the next step to make this happen at commercial scale. I am very proud to partner with the ABEC team to make this historic facility happen,” said Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just.

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