Earlier this year, China reaffirmed protein diversification as a central tenet of its national food strategy. Now, analysis by GFI has shined the spotlight on another indicator of China’s long-term commitment to food security: its assertive pursuit of global cultivated meat patents.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) officially announced Australia’s first-ever approval of a cultivated meat product, opening up a potentially lucrative new market for the cellular agriculture sector and setting an important precedent for global regulators.
Our State of the Industry reports are an annual deep dive into the global alt protein sector. The latest edition of the series compiles business developments, policy updates, and scientific breakthroughs from 2024 that are advancing the field and shaping a world where alternative proteins are no longer alternative.
Our inaugural report on the alternative proteins sector in APAC with a deep-dive into public and private funding, the R&D ecosystem, and sector progress from ideation to product commercialisation and market growth.
This article was written by Dr. Danai Georgiadou, a scientist from A*STAR’s Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI). She also contributes to CRISP Meats, a multi-institutional research programme led by A*STAR to address challenges faced by the industry, and accelerate the development and production of cultivated meat and seafood through public-private partnerships.
A comprehensive report on the utilisation and advancement of cell lines in the cultivated meat industry, including practical measures for meeting future demands for cell lines and characterisation requirements, as well as regulatory concerns.
An overview of various cultivated food nomenclature in alt protein and GFI's work in determining cultivated as a growing consensus in the industry along with nomenclature alignment in APAC through the nomenclature MOU.
A wide range of terms has been used to describe food products grown directly from animal cells. But now, a regional consensus has finally been reached.
Seafood can now be made from plants and cultivated directly from animal cells—but will consumers bite?
First-of-its-kind survey shows what would motivate consumers in Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and South Korea to leave fish in the sea and choose plant-based or cultivated seafood instead.
