capability
Mammalian/plant cell culture
Growing non-microbial cells (meat, seafood, plant cells) at scale.
Where it's used
Cellular fats and cultured lipids
True animal cell culture — growing adipose (fat) cells rather than fermenting a microbial host — reached a first regulatory milestone in 2025 when Mission Barns won USDA and FDA sign-off for cultivated pork fat, even as a UK cell-culture originator went into administration.
Cultivated meat
Genuine animal muscle and fat tissue grown from starter cells in bioreactors, decoupling meat from livestock while cutting the land, water and climate footprint of conventional husbandry.
Cultured meat for pets
Cell-cultured and precision-fermented animal proteins are entering pet food ahead of human food in several markets — the UK became the first European country to approve cultivated meat for sale, in pet food, in 2024.
Cultured seafood
Genuine fish, crustacean and mollusc tissue grown from fish cells in bioreactors, offering sushi-grade seafood without fishing pressure on wild stocks or the feed-fish burden of aquaculture.