# Upside Foods

a Californian pioneer that holds FDA and USDA clearance for a whole-textured cultivated-chicken fillet and runs 2,000-litre production batches at its EPIC engineering centre, funded by a $400M Series C round in 2022.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/upside-foods/
Updated: 2026-06-28

- Country: United States

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | $608 million - $609 million raised since 2015 | https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-and-good-meat-clear-final-hurdles-to-launch-cultivated-meat-in-the-us, https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-large-scale-cultivated-meat-plant-on-hold-until-it-delivers-key-proof-points-at-smaller-site, https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-to-pump-140m-into-commercial-scale-cultivated-meat-plant-near-chicago |
| Capacity | 50,000 lbs per year at EPIC facility, with potential to scale to 400,000 lbs/year | https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-and-good-meat-clear-final-hurdles-to-launch-cultivated-meat-in-the-us, https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-large-scale-cultivated-meat-plant-on-hold-until-it-delivers-key-proof-points-at-smaller-site, https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-to-pump-140m-into-commercial-scale-cultivated-meat-plant-near-chicago |
| Certification | USDA Grant of Inspection for production facilities; FDA green light for cultivated meat safety | https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-and-good-meat-clear-final-hurdles-to-launch-cultivated-meat-in-the-us, https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/upside-foods-good-meat-receive-final-usda-approval-sell-cultivated-meat-2023-06-21/, https://www.virgin.com/about-virgin/virgin-group/news/history-made-upside-foods-receives-approval-to-sell-cultivated-meat-in-the |
| Regulatory approval | FDA safety determination and USDA approval to sell cultivated chicken and use 'cell cultivated chicken' on labels | https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-and-good-meat-clear-final-hurdles-to-launch-cultivated-meat-in-the-us, https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/upside-foods-good-meat-receive-final-usda-approval-sell-cultivated-meat-2023-06-21/, https://www.virgin.com/about-virgin/virgin-group/news/history-made-upside-foods-receives-approval-to-sell-cultivated-meat-in-the |
| Production site | EPIC facility in Emeryville, California | https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-large-scale-cultivated-meat-plant-on-hold-until-it-delivers-key-proof-points-at-smaller-site, https://agfundernews.com/upside-foods-to-pump-140m-into-commercial-scale-cultivated-meat-plant-near-chicago |
| Revenue | $63.3 million in 2026 [medium confidence] | https://incfact.com/company/upsidefoods-berkeley-ca/ |

Independent sources: agfundernews.com, incfact.com, reuters.com, virgin.com

## Technologies

- [Cultivated meat](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultivated-meat/)