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We made the first outside visit to their cultivators for cell growth and differentiation, enabling the future of meat manufacturing (making delicious clean meat without slaughter).

Memphis Meats describes their pioneering meat manufacturing process:

1) Our production begins with the building blocks of meat: cells. We select high-quality cells, which can grow into your favorite types of meat—from steak to chicken.

2) Once we’ve selected cells with the highest potential to become healthy, delicious meat, we give them the right food to grow. Ingredients are broken down into essential micronutrients that can nurture the cells. This micro meal is made up of sugars, amino acids, and salts.

3) Cultivators are a fundamental piece for our meat production. Similar to greenhouses for plants or brewing tanks for beer, they provide the perfect conditions for cells to develop into meat. They control the environment so that cells get the right nutrients, space & temperature.

And here is my original blog post on Memphis Meats.

One response to “Great Progress at UPSIDE Foods (fka Memphis Meats)”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Here’s WIRED’s list of the market efficiency advantages of manufacturing meat at the cellular level — without the animals — like Memphis Meats:

    1. Supercharged timesaver: No pregnancy, no birth, no raising, no slaughter
    2. Solving the carcass balancing problem (co-production within species)
    3. Adapting swiftly to shifting demand across species

    From the meat buyers’ perspective I think they should add:

    4. Diversifying the supply chain & removing systemic risk (e.g., avian flu, mad cow, swine fever) endemic to full-animal manufacturing.

    They conclude: “The potential flexibility of plant- and cell-based meat producers to switch from one product to another within a species category (from loin to spare rib) or between species much more fluidly and inexpensively than conventional meat producers translates to substantial market advantages. Add to this a shorter production cycle that facilitates real-time response to demand… While the planet arguably benefits the most from these meats’ higher production efficiencies, the market efficiency gains will be hugely beneficial for the bottom line.”

    And no methane!

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