Elliot Swartz
@elliotswartz.bsky.social
Principal Scientist at The Good Food Institute, analyzing progress and how to address challenges for cultivated meat and alternative proteins.
Opinions my own.
https://gfi.org/science/the-science-of-cultivated-meat/
Opinions my own.
https://gfi.org/science/the-science-of-cultivated-meat/
Our critique (below) was limited to 1,000 words, but the major point is that #cultivatedmeat is already being produced with predominantly food-grade inputs, so the worst-case scenarios in the study are completely irrelevant and made up.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our critique (below) was limited to 1,000 words, but the major point is that #cultivatedmeat is already being produced with predominantly food-grade inputs, so the worst-case scenarios in the study are completely irrelevant and made up.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Calling a spade a spade — the "lab-grown meat up to 25x worse than beef" headline is straight-up fake news, as outlined in a new peer-reviewed critique
The study's assumptions are completely disconnected from reality, yet it continues to be widely cited by the media
The study's assumptions are completely disconnected from reality, yet it continues to be widely cited by the media
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Calling a spade a spade — the "lab-grown meat up to 25x worse than beef" headline is straight-up fake news, as outlined in a new peer-reviewed critique
The study's assumptions are completely disconnected from reality, yet it continues to be widely cited by the media
The study's assumptions are completely disconnected from reality, yet it continues to be widely cited by the media
Believer Meats receives USDA authorization to begin manufacturing its cultivated chicken product(s) — the 5th company to receive US authorization thus far
Based in North Carolina, their facility will be the largest cultivated meat production site in the world
www.greenqueen.com.hk/believer-mea...
Based in North Carolina, their facility will be the largest cultivated meat production site in the world
www.greenqueen.com.hk/believer-mea...
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Believer Meats receives USDA authorization to begin manufacturing its cultivated chicken product(s) — the 5th company to receive US authorization thus far
Based in North Carolina, their facility will be the largest cultivated meat production site in the world
www.greenqueen.com.hk/believer-mea...
Based in North Carolina, their facility will be the largest cultivated meat production site in the world
www.greenqueen.com.hk/believer-mea...
In Australia, pallets of #cultivatedmeat are leaving the facility operated by Vow, who also just launched direct-to-consumer products that allow you to cook cultivated meat at home.
Living in the future 🚀
Products & ingredient lists: forgedbyvow.store
www.greenqueen.com.hk/vow-cultured...
Living in the future 🚀
Products & ingredient lists: forgedbyvow.store
www.greenqueen.com.hk/vow-cultured...
October 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
In Australia, pallets of #cultivatedmeat are leaving the facility operated by Vow, who also just launched direct-to-consumer products that allow you to cook cultivated meat at home.
Living in the future 🚀
Products & ingredient lists: forgedbyvow.store
www.greenqueen.com.hk/vow-cultured...
Living in the future 🚀
Products & ingredient lists: forgedbyvow.store
www.greenqueen.com.hk/vow-cultured...
French company PARIMA's cultivated chicken product cleared for sale in Singapore. It is the first cultivated product by a European company approved for sale, and the 10th product to clear a safety review globally.
www.greenqueen.com.hk/parima-vital...
www.greenqueen.com.hk/parima-vital...
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
French company PARIMA's cultivated chicken product cleared for sale in Singapore. It is the first cultivated product by a European company approved for sale, and the 10th product to clear a safety review globally.
www.greenqueen.com.hk/parima-vital...
www.greenqueen.com.hk/parima-vital...
Encouraging to see the Indian government's Department of Biotechnology openly supporting the development of #cultivatedmeat 🇮🇳
One day we'll stop calling it lab-grown meat though🫠
More here: theprint.in/ground-repor...
One day we'll stop calling it lab-grown meat though🫠
More here: theprint.in/ground-repor...
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Encouraging to see the Indian government's Department of Biotechnology openly supporting the development of #cultivatedmeat 🇮🇳
One day we'll stop calling it lab-grown meat though🫠
More here: theprint.in/ground-repor...
One day we'll stop calling it lab-grown meat though🫠
More here: theprint.in/ground-repor...
📈Join us for a webinar overview on Nov 4 of our new report on cell growth modeling for #cultivatedmeat📈
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Registration below.
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Registration below.
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
📈Join us for a webinar overview on Nov 4 of our new report on cell growth modeling for #cultivatedmeat📈
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Registration below.
If you're interested in computational modeling or working in a lab & want to know how to design experiments to be more commercially-relevant and impactful, please attend!
Registration below.
Finished @mikegrunwald.bsky.social's book, which shows the urgency to develop solutions to address agriculture's climate problem
It highlights the overlooked concept of carbon opportunity costs of land use & isn't afraid to say that grass-fed beef is a climate disaster. Recommended read!
It highlights the overlooked concept of carbon opportunity costs of land use & isn't afraid to say that grass-fed beef is a climate disaster. Recommended read!
September 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Finished @mikegrunwald.bsky.social's book, which shows the urgency to develop solutions to address agriculture's climate problem
It highlights the overlooked concept of carbon opportunity costs of land use & isn't afraid to say that grass-fed beef is a climate disaster. Recommended read!
It highlights the overlooked concept of carbon opportunity costs of land use & isn't afraid to say that grass-fed beef is a climate disaster. Recommended read!
September 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congrats to MissionBarns for making the first ever sale of cultivated pork. They are the 6th company to have sold cultivated meat around the world. Here's the current breakdown:
Coverage here: www.greenqueen.com.hk/exclusive-mi...
Coverage here: www.greenqueen.com.hk/exclusive-mi...
September 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Congrats to MissionBarns for making the first ever sale of cultivated pork. They are the 6th company to have sold cultivated meat around the world. Here's the current breakdown:
Coverage here: www.greenqueen.com.hk/exclusive-mi...
Coverage here: www.greenqueen.com.hk/exclusive-mi...
Canadian startup Opalia scores deal with Dutch dairy company Hoogwegt to supply cultivated milk.
It is one of just a handful of global companies using bovine mammary cells to produce whole milk without the cow:
www.greenqueen.com.hk/opalia-lab-g...
It is one of just a handful of global companies using bovine mammary cells to produce whole milk without the cow:
www.greenqueen.com.hk/opalia-lab-g...
August 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Canadian startup Opalia scores deal with Dutch dairy company Hoogwegt to supply cultivated milk.
It is one of just a handful of global companies using bovine mammary cells to produce whole milk without the cow:
www.greenqueen.com.hk/opalia-lab-g...
It is one of just a handful of global companies using bovine mammary cells to produce whole milk without the cow:
www.greenqueen.com.hk/opalia-lab-g...
The #cultivatedmeat sector raised a whopping $0 in Q2 2025
With valuations down, positive movement in regulatory approvals, & underlying scientific advancements, it's probably never been a better time to invest
Something something be greedy when others are fearful
With valuations down, positive movement in regulatory approvals, & underlying scientific advancements, it's probably never been a better time to invest
Something something be greedy when others are fearful
July 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The #cultivatedmeat sector raised a whopping $0 in Q2 2025
With valuations down, positive movement in regulatory approvals, & underlying scientific advancements, it's probably never been a better time to invest
Something something be greedy when others are fearful
With valuations down, positive movement in regulatory approvals, & underlying scientific advancements, it's probably never been a better time to invest
Something something be greedy when others are fearful
Singapore approves cultivated pet food from Friends & Family Pet Food Co.
The first product (freeze-dried treats) will contain 65-70% cultivated animal cells. It will be the 2nd cultivated pet food product to be sold globally.
www.greenqueen.com.hk/friends-and-...
The first product (freeze-dried treats) will contain 65-70% cultivated animal cells. It will be the 2nd cultivated pet food product to be sold globally.
www.greenqueen.com.hk/friends-and-...
July 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Singapore approves cultivated pet food from Friends & Family Pet Food Co.
The first product (freeze-dried treats) will contain 65-70% cultivated animal cells. It will be the 2nd cultivated pet food product to be sold globally.
www.greenqueen.com.hk/friends-and-...
The first product (freeze-dried treats) will contain 65-70% cultivated animal cells. It will be the 2nd cultivated pet food product to be sold globally.
www.greenqueen.com.hk/friends-and-...
With multiple products now being sold in Singapore, Australia, & the U.S., w/ more to come, I decided it's time to start tracking the overall production volume for products destined for consumers
Draft figure to be refined with more accurate volume data as we get better numbers
Draft figure to be refined with more accurate volume data as we get better numbers
July 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
With multiple products now being sold in Singapore, Australia, & the U.S., w/ more to come, I decided it's time to start tracking the overall production volume for products destined for consumers
Draft figure to be refined with more accurate volume data as we get better numbers
Draft figure to be refined with more accurate volume data as we get better numbers
Our recent analysis shows Chinese public institutions/Universities have filed more patents in the #cultivatedmeat sector than the US and EU combined. S. Korea is also making a major push:
Full story here:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
Full story here:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
July 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Our recent analysis shows Chinese public institutions/Universities have filed more patents in the #cultivatedmeat sector than the US and EU combined. S. Korea is also making a major push:
Full story here:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
Full story here:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
Australian startup Vow is now producing 20 tons of cultivated meat every month from its 20,000L bioreactor, enough to service dozens of restaurants across Singapore and Australia
www.broadsheet.com.au/featured/cul...
www.broadsheet.com.au/featured/cul...
July 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Australian startup Vow is now producing 20 tons of cultivated meat every month from its 20,000L bioreactor, enough to service dozens of restaurants across Singapore and Australia
www.broadsheet.com.au/featured/cul...
www.broadsheet.com.au/featured/cul...
The article was written before many products were approved
Antibiotics are used during initial cell isolation, not in manufacturing
This is directly from this product's FDA review. You will find the same facts in publicly available documentation of other products: www.fda.gov/food/human-f...
Antibiotics are used during initial cell isolation, not in manufacturing
This is directly from this product's FDA review. You will find the same facts in publicly available documentation of other products: www.fda.gov/food/human-f...
June 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The article was written before many products were approved
Antibiotics are used during initial cell isolation, not in manufacturing
This is directly from this product's FDA review. You will find the same facts in publicly available documentation of other products: www.fda.gov/food/human-f...
Antibiotics are used during initial cell isolation, not in manufacturing
This is directly from this product's FDA review. You will find the same facts in publicly available documentation of other products: www.fda.gov/food/human-f...
Six #cultivatedmeat companies have now received regulatory clearance, products are on sale in the United States, Singapore, and Australia, and additional products are under review in 10 different countries or regions.
Additionally, one cultivated pet food product is on sale in the U.K.
Additionally, one cultivated pet food product is on sale in the U.K.
June 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Six #cultivatedmeat companies have now received regulatory clearance, products are on sale in the United States, Singapore, and Australia, and additional products are under review in 10 different countries or regions.
Additionally, one cultivated pet food product is on sale in the U.K.
Additionally, one cultivated pet food product is on sale in the U.K.
Cultivated meat startups raised $35M in Q1 2025, driven mostly by a single round by @AlephFarms
New funding is likely to remain mostly stalled until more regulatory approvals are granted around the world
These updates and many more at: gfi.org/newsletters/
New funding is likely to remain mostly stalled until more regulatory approvals are granted around the world
These updates and many more at: gfi.org/newsletters/
May 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cultivated meat startups raised $35M in Q1 2025, driven mostly by a single round by @AlephFarms
New funding is likely to remain mostly stalled until more regulatory approvals are granted around the world
These updates and many more at: gfi.org/newsletters/
New funding is likely to remain mostly stalled until more regulatory approvals are granted around the world
These updates and many more at: gfi.org/newsletters/
Interesting paper simulates the effect of a carbon tax on conventional meat & cultivated proteins in Norway, showing a loss of conventional meat market share & number of farms
A carbon tax could have large consequences given the anticipated disparity, esp. for beef/dairy
A carbon tax could have large consequences given the anticipated disparity, esp. for beef/dairy
April 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Interesting paper simulates the effect of a carbon tax on conventional meat & cultivated proteins in Norway, showing a loss of conventional meat market share & number of farms
A carbon tax could have large consequences given the anticipated disparity, esp. for beef/dairy
A carbon tax could have large consequences given the anticipated disparity, esp. for beef/dairy
Post-mortem processes important for meat quality are replicated in #cultivatedmeat
Still more work to be done on this topic, but not too surprising that cell biology stays the same whether the cells come from an animal or a cell culture
open-access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Still more work to be done on this topic, but not too surprising that cell biology stays the same whether the cells come from an animal or a cell culture
open-access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Post-mortem processes important for meat quality are replicated in #cultivatedmeat
Still more work to be done on this topic, but not too surprising that cell biology stays the same whether the cells come from an animal or a cell culture
open-access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Still more work to be done on this topic, but not too surprising that cell biology stays the same whether the cells come from an animal or a cell culture
open-access paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Scaling up: Australian startup Vow has reportedly successfully run its 20,000L bioreactor, the largest currently in operation in the #cultivatedmeat industry
This enables the harvesting of "many hundreds of kg" of cultivated meat in a single batch
1 tank, hundreds of kg of meat, no animals needed
This enables the harvesting of "many hundreds of kg" of cultivated meat in a single batch
1 tank, hundreds of kg of meat, no animals needed
April 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Scaling up: Australian startup Vow has reportedly successfully run its 20,000L bioreactor, the largest currently in operation in the #cultivatedmeat industry
This enables the harvesting of "many hundreds of kg" of cultivated meat in a single batch
1 tank, hundreds of kg of meat, no animals needed
This enables the harvesting of "many hundreds of kg" of cultivated meat in a single batch
1 tank, hundreds of kg of meat, no animals needed
Even if some countries decrease antibiotic use in animal ag & aquaculture, the global rise of meat demand will still lead to large increases in antibiotic use — >140k tons/yr by 2040.
All six #cultivatedmeat products approved to date use ZERO antibiotics in their production.
All six #cultivatedmeat products approved to date use ZERO antibiotics in their production.
April 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Even if some countries decrease antibiotic use in animal ag & aquaculture, the global rise of meat demand will still lead to large increases in antibiotic use — >140k tons/yr by 2040.
All six #cultivatedmeat products approved to date use ZERO antibiotics in their production.
All six #cultivatedmeat products approved to date use ZERO antibiotics in their production.
Current status of cultivated pet food:
March 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Current status of cultivated pet food:
For the next 10 years, you will be told that a new clean, safe, & ethical way of meat production is actually dangerous, environmentally damaging, and about corporate control.
If you believe the latter, you'll be no better than the idiots who fought against electricity, refrigeration, and IVF.
If you believe the latter, you'll be no better than the idiots who fought against electricity, refrigeration, and IVF.
March 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For the next 10 years, you will be told that a new clean, safe, & ethical way of meat production is actually dangerous, environmentally damaging, and about corporate control.
If you believe the latter, you'll be no better than the idiots who fought against electricity, refrigeration, and IVF.
If you believe the latter, you'll be no better than the idiots who fought against electricity, refrigeration, and IVF.