GOOD Meat to produce lab-grown meat without animal serum

The producer of the world’s first cultivated, or lab-grown, chicken, GOOD Meat, has received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency for its animal serum-free cultivated meat.

By Sherry Heck
By Sherry Heck
(Eat Just, Inc.)

The producer of the world’s first cultivated, or lab-grown, chicken, GOOD Meat, has received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency for its animal serum-free cultivated meat. 

“Not too long ago, observers thought removing serum was a major limiting step to scaling cultivated meat. I could not be prouder of our team for doing just that and receiving approval to commercialize it this week,” said Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just, GOOD Meat’s parent company. “It’s yet another step forward for our company, the cultivated meat industry and the health of our planet.”

What is serum-free lab-grown meat?

Cultivated meat is grown using a protein serum made from animal blood. The most common type of serum is foetal bovine serum harvested from cow foetuses which can be used to grow different kinds of meat, not just beef, according to Wired

“Removing serum from cultivated meat production can drive down costs and set the stage for expanded commercialization of sustainable protein,” said Mirte Gosker, managing director of the Good Food Institute APAC. “Given Singapore’s reputation as a global launchpad for scalable food security solutions, we’re hopeful that other nations will also soon embrace this smarter way of making meat.”

The cultivated meat industry’s reliance on animal serum makes the process expensive and limited. Eliminating that reliance will allow production to increase and make the product more accessible. 

GOOD Meat’s new bioreactors

GOOD Meat is already preparing for increased production as the company’s Singapore production center is in the process of installing bioreactors that will make tens of thousands of pounds of meat – one of which will be 6,000 liters, the largest in the industry. 

“This complements the company’s work in Singapore to build and operate its bioreactor facility where over 50 research scientists and engineers will develop innovative capabilities in the cultivated meat space such as media optimisation, process development, and texturization of cultivated meat products,” said Damian Chan, executive vice president of the Singapore Economic Development Board.

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