UPSIDE Foods

Industry

Alternative proteins, Bioprocess equipment, Food ingredients

Topics

Cultivated meat & seafood

Role

Producer — “…on of a planned large-scale plant in Illinois. It remains active, focusing on commercialization and R&D. <deta…”

Why it is bioeconomy

UPSIDE Foods is a biotechnology company that develops and produces cultivated meat products directly from animal cells.

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

Sites 1

• EPIC facility (pilot production facility), Emeryville, CA

Production, R&D and other sites from the company's website and automated research; street addresses omitted.

Subsidiaries: The Association for Meat, Poultry and Seafood Innovation (AMPS Innovation) (co-founder)

• 2026-08 Latest status: UPSIDE Foods terminated its $50 million bid to acquire the US production facility of Believer Meats in August 2026. ↗ ↗ ↗

Recent news 5

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• 2026-09-29 Believer Meats creditors mull credit bid after UPSIDE Foods exit agfundernews.com
  UPSIDE Foods had previously bid $50 million for Believer Meats’ North Carolina facility but terminated the deal after conditions weren’t met; despite remaining interest, the firm’s exit has not deterred other creditors from exploring a combined credit-and-cash bid.
• 2026-09-29 After Upside Foods: Implications for State Cultivated Meat Bans, Federal Preemption, and Industry Compliance | Food Safety Magazine food-safety.com
  The Upside Foods case upholds Florida’s cultivated meat ban, finding no federal preemption and signaling that state prohibitions can block market access even when federal inspection standards exist; it narrows federal preemption challenges and suggests companies must prepare for …
• 2026-08-24 UPSIDE Foods drops bid for Believer Meats’ US facility agfundernews.com
  UPSIDE Foods has terminated its $50 million bid for Believer Meats’ US production facility, saying the transaction conditions were not met, but it remains interested in the facility and will evaluate next steps once a new process is outlined by the receiver.
• 2026-03-30 11th Circuit: Florida's Lab Meat Ban Not Preempted by Federal Poultry Law dtnpf.com
  Upside Foods challenged Florida’s SB 1084 banning lab-grown meat, but the 11th Circuit upheld the district court, ruling the ban is not preempted by the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and that Upside is unlikely to succeed on the merits. The case may continue on other …
• 2026-03-25 Upside Loses One Battle Against Florida Ban on Cultured Meats | Food Processing foodprocessing.com
  Upside Foods lost a bid for a preliminary injunction to block Florida’s ban on cultured meat, but its broader challenge to the law remains ongoing in district court.

Ownership & investors 18

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Impossible Foods · Aleph Farms · Myo Palate · Meatleo · meati™ · Maple Leaf Foods Inc · Believer Meats · Wamame Foods Inc.

Registry identifiers

• US Patent 12653214

Funding

• Latest round: Series c · 2022-04-01 · US$ 400.0 M
• Total raised: US$ 581.1 M

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