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Blog Research and publications 21/04/2026

Explore the 2026 State of the Industry reports

The State of the Industry report series is GFI's annual deep dive into the rapidly evolving alternative protein landscape, across the cultivated, plant-based, and fermentation sectors. The latest edition of this flagship series provides a global overview of industry progress, synthesising company landscapes and product trends, sales data, scientific advancements, and public investment and regulatory updates that are helping shape a more secure, sustainable, and just food system.

1. Cultivated
2. Fermentation
3. Industry
4. Plant-Based
5. Policy
6. Research and publications
7. Science

Blog Mainland China 16/07/2025

Global patent data reveals China’s years-long commitment to scaling up cultivated meat

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.

1. Cultivated
2. Industry
3. Mainland China

Blog Australia/NZ 18/06/2025

BREAKING: Regulators approve cultivated meat sales in Australia

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.

1. Australia/NZ
2. Cultivated
3. Industry
4. Policy

Blog Hong Kong 24/04/2025

Explore the 2024 State of the Industry reports

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.

1. Cultivated
2. Fermentation
3. Hong Kong
4. Industry
5. Japan
6. Korea
7. Mainland China
8. Plant-Based
9. Policy
10. Science
11. Singapore

Blog 26/10/2023

2023 APAC State of the Industry Report

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.

1. Cultivated
2. Industry
3. Plant-Based
4. Uncategorized

Blog 28/07/2023

Guest Column: Keeping Up with the Crustaceans

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.

1. Cultivated
2. Uncategorized

Blog Cultivated Proteins 15/06/2023

Cell line development and utilisation trends in the cultivated meat industry

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.

1. Cultivated
2. Cultivated Proteins

Blog Cultivated Proteins 06/01/2023

Aligning cultivated food nomenclature across APAC

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.

1. Cultivated
2. Cultivated Proteins
3. Industry

Blog Singapore 28/10/2022

Leading APAC Cellular Agriculture Stakeholders Announce Historic Agreement in Singapore

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.

1. Cultivated
2. Industry
3. Policy
4. Singapore

Blog Japan 28/08/2022

New research reveals what Asian consumers crave in alternative seafood

Seafood can now be made from plants and cultivated directly from animal cells—but will consumers bite?

1. Cultivated
2. Industry
3. Japan
4. Korea
5. Plant-Based
6. Singapore