# List of cultured meat companies

This is a list of companies involved in the sale and development of cultured meat, along with information about them.
Because the commercial production of cultured meat is as of the 2020s still a developing industry, with unprecedented technological challenges and breakthroughs or failures, the progress of pioneers and early start-ups has received much attention in the media and the scientific community. The number of cultured meat companies increased from about 10 start-ups in 2016 to "98 cultured meat companies engaged in culture-related meat production" in December 2022. In addition to these companies, non-profit organisations such as New Harvest, the Good Food Institute, ProVeg International and the Cellular Agriculture Society advocate for, fund and research cultured meat.

## Cultured meat companies

Note: dates in italics refer to projected dates of achievement in the future; they may shift.
| Name | Founded | Area | Focus | Recent costs | Proof of concept | Pilot plant | Market entry |
| Aleph Farms | 2017 | Israel | Beef | Over $3,000/kg (Nov 2019 claim) | Dec 2018 | Feb 2022 | Jan 2024 |
| Appleton Meats | 2016 | Canada | Beef | | | | 2022~2024 (Dec 2022 claim) |
| Avant Meats | 2018 | Hong Kong | Fish protein | | Nov 2019 | Nov 2023 | |
| Because Animals | 2018 | United States | Pet food | | May 2019 | | 2022 (Aug 2021 claim) |
| Believer Meats (formerly Future Meat Technologies) | 2018 | Israel | Meat | $10/lb (Feb 2020 goal by 2022) | 2019 | June 2021 | 2022 (Oct 2019 claim) |
| Bene Meat Technologies | 2020 | Czech Republic | Pet food | | | | Late 2024 or early 2025 (2024 claim) |
| Biftek | 2018 | Turkey | Culture media | | | | |
| BioBQ | 2018 | United States | Scaffolding | | 2022 | | |
| BlueNalu | 2018 | United States | Seafood | | Fall 2019 | | |
| BioTech Foods (acquired by JBS) | 2017 | Spain | Pork | €100/kg (July 2019 claim) | | 2020 | mid-2024 (Dec 2021 claim) |
| CellX | 2020 | China | Pork | (by 2025) aiming for cost-parity with conventionally sourced pork | 2021 | | |
| Clear Meat | 2019 | India | Poultry | c. 825 rupees/chicken (Nov 2020 claim) | | | 2022 (May 2019 claim) |
| Cubiq Foods | 2018 | Spain | Fat | | Sep 2019 | | |
| Cultured Food Innovation Hub | 2021 | Switzerland | Meat | | | 2022 (Sept 2021 claim) | |
| Eat Just (formerly Hampton Creek) | 2011 | United States | Meat | C. €50/nugget (Jan 2020 claim) | Dec 2017 | Constructing (Jan 2020) | Dec 2020: restaurants Singapore By Jan 2023: hawker centres and foodservices June 2023: United States |
| Finless Foods | 2016 | United States | Tuna | $7,000/lb (Feb 2018 claim) | Sep 2017 | Constructing (Oct 2021) | |
| Forsea Foods | 2021 | Israel | Seafood | | Jan 2024 | | |
| Higher Steaks | 2017 | United Kingdom | Pork | £'Thousands'/kg (July 2020 claim) | July 2020 | | |
| IntegriCulture, Inc. | 2015 | Japan | Foie gras | ¥20,000/kg (July 2019 claim) | 2021 | 2021 (July 2020 claim) | |
| Matrix Meats | 2019 | United States | Scaffolding | | 2020 | | |
| Meatable | 2018 | Netherlands | Pork | | End 2020 | Nov 2023 | April 2024: public tasting in EU late 2024: restaurants in Singapore 2025: United States (Apr 2024 claim) |
| Meatleo | 2021 | Canada | Beef | |
| Mewery | 2020 | Czech Republic | Pork | | mid 2022 | | 2025 |
| Mirai Foods | 2020 | Switzerland | Beef | 'Small car'/kg (June 2020 claim) | June 2020 | | |
| Mission Barns | 2018 | United States | Pork | | | | |
| Mosa Meat (emerged from Maastricht University) | 2015 | Netherlands | Beef | €60/kg (Feb 2017 goal by 2020) '88x cheaper' (July 2020 claim) | Aug 2013 (UM) | Installing (May 2020) | Mid-2026 (expected regulatory approval) (Jan 2025 claim) |
| Motif FoodWorks | 2019 | United States | Beef | | End 2020 (Aug 2020 claim) | | Q4 2021 (beef flavouring) (Oct 2020 claim) |
| Multus Media | 2019 | United Kingdom | Culture media | | October 2019 | | |
| New Age Eats (New Age Meats 2018–22) | 2018– 2023 | United States | Pork | | Sep 2018 | Constructing (Oct 2021) | March 2023: company shutdown |
| SavorEat | 2016 | Israel | Beef | | | | Mid-2021 (restaurants) (May 2020 claim) |
| SCiFi Foods (formerly Artemys Foods) | 2019 | United States | Meat | | Fall 2020 | | June 2024: company shutdown |
| Shiok Meats | 2018 | Singapore | Shrimp Beef | $3,500/kg (Oct 2020 claim) | 2019 (shrimp) | | 2021 (March 2020 claim) |
| Steakholder Foods (formerly MeaTech; subsidiary: Peace of Meat) | 2019 | Israel Belgium | Foie gras | €15,000/kg (May 2020 claim) | 4 March 2020 | Constructing; 2022 (May 2021 claim) | 2023 (Dec 2019 claim) |
| SuperMeat | 2015 | Israel | Poultry | $35/burger (Dec 2020 claim) | 2018 | November 2020 | By 2022 (May 2020 claim) Test restaurant Nov 2020 |
| Upside Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) | 2015 | United States | Poultry | $1,700/lb (Feb 2018 claim) | Feb 2016 | 4 November 2021 | June 2023: United States |
| Vow | 2019 | Australia | Kangaroo | US$1350/kg (Aug 2019 claim) | Aug 2019 | Oct 2022 | April 2024: restaurants in Singapore 2024: AU & NZ (Feb 2023 claim) |
| Wildtype Foods | 2016 | United States | Salmon | | June 2019 | 24 June 2021 | |

## Pilot plants

Note: data in italics refer to unfinished projects or projected capacities in the future; they may shift.
| Company | Location(s) | In service | Capacity |
| Aleph Farms | Rehovot, Israel | Feb 2022 | (3,000 m$^2$). Fully operational by summer 2022 |
| Believer Meats (Future Meat Technologies) | Rehovot, Israel | June 2021 | 500 kilograms per day (182,625 kg/y) |
| BioTech Foods (acquired by JBS) | San Sebastián, Spain (production facility) | 2020 mid-2024 | 1,000 tonnes annually (scalable to 4,000 tonnes annually) |
| BioTech Foods (acquired by JBS) | Florianópolis, Brazil | Constructing (Sep 2023) | (R&D facility) |
| Eat Just (Hampton Creek) | San Francisco, California | Constructing (Jan 2020) | (20+ 1200L bioreactors) |
| Eat Just (Hampton Creek) | Singapore | Constructing plant (Jan 2023) | Unknown number of 6000L bioreactors |
| Finless Foods | Emeryville, California | Constructing (Oct 2021) | |
| Meatable and DSM | Leiden, Netherlands (until 2023 Delft) | Nov 2023 (Leiden & Singapore) | 5,000 kilograms per day by 2025 200-litre bioreactors; scalable to 500-litre (Apr 2024) |
| Mosa Meat and NIZO food research | Cultivate at Scale, Maastricht | Installing (May 2020) | 100 kilograms per month (1,200 kg/y) per 200L bioreactor (scalable to 180,000 kg/y) |
| Mosa Meat and NIZO food research | Biot. Ferm. Factory, Ede | Constructing (Jan 2025) | Scalable to 10,000 litres, open to all Dutch start-ups |
| Steakholder Foods (MeaTech / Peace of Meat) | Antwerp, Belgium | 2 labs March 2020 | 700 grams per production run |
| Steakholder Foods (MeaTech / Peace of Meat) | Antwerp, Belgium | Constructing plant (May 2021) | |
| SuperMeat | Ness Ziona, Israel | November 2020 | "Hundreds of kilograms" per week (June 2021) |
| Upside Foods (Memphis Meats) | Emeryville, California | 4 November 2021 | 22,680 kilograms (50,000 pounds) per year (scalable to 400,000 lbs/y / 181,440 kg/y) |
| Wildtype | San Francisco, California | 24 June 2021 | 50,000 pounds (22,680 kg) salmon per year (scalable to 200,000 lbs/y / 90,718 kg/y) |