Meatable

Meatable
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryFood technology
Founded2018[1]
FoundersKrijn de Nood, Daan Luining, Mark Kotter
Headquarters
Delft
,
Netherlands
Websitemeatable.com

Meatable is a Dutch biotechnology company aimed at cultured meat, particularly pork.

History

Meatable was co-founded by Krijn de Nood, Daan Luining, and Mark Kotter in 2018.[1][2] It began operating on the campus of Delft University of Technology.[3] and by 2018 reported it had succeeded growing meat using pluripotent stem cells from animal umbilical cords.[4] becoming one of the first start-ups to eliminate fetal bovine serum.[5] On 26 September 2018, Luining represented Meatable at a round table discussion on cultured meat in the Dutch House of Representatives.[6] In early October 2018, Meatable attracted 3.5 million euros in funding from investors.[7]

Meatable presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2020,[3] stating that it sought to present proof of concept by the end of the year.[8] By then, Meatable was working with scientists from Cambridge and Stanford to produce a hamburger within three weeks from a single stem cell via a process the company had patented.[3]

In 2021, Meatable obtained funding from various investors worth 40 million euros (47 million US dollars).[1] Its total capital at the time was approximately 53 million euros (60 million US dollars).[2] By April 2021, the staff of Meatable had grown to over 40 people with 15 different nationalities, representing many different fields and coming from many universities.[2] The same year, Meatable announced that it had entered into an agreement with DSM in order to 'make cultured meat affordable and accessible on a large scale.'[9]

In April 2024, Meatable was the first company in the European Union to receive regulatory approval from the EFSA for a public tasting of cultured meat, in this case sausage, amid much international and national media attention.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nederlands bedrijf haalt 40 miljoen op voor de productie van kweekvlees". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Till Behne (24 April 2021). "Delftse slimmeriken Daan en Krijn komen in 2025 met kweekvlees: 'We willen voorop lopen'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Peter Van De Stadt (8 January 2020). "Delftse bedrijven op techbeurs in Las Vegas". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. ^ Brodwin, Erin (28 September 2018). "A new lab-grown meat startup may have overcome a key barrier to making meat without slaughter". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  5. ^ "A new lab-grown meat startup may have overcome a key barrier to making meat without slaughter". UK Business Insider. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Kweekvlees en vleesvervangers - Rondetafelgesprek 26-9-2018". Arnews (in Dutch). Dutch House of Representatives. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. ^ Ilona de Lange (9 October 2018). "Vleesbedrijven zien nu ook brood in kunstvlees". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  8. ^ Krijn de Nood (15 January 2020). "Meatable, la viande qui pousse en laboratoire". YouTube. HUB Institute. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. ^ Pepijn de Lange (13 September 2021). "DSM stapt in kweekvlees met start-up Meatable: groen, diervriendelijk en (hopelijk) rendabel". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  10. ^ De Lorenzo, Daniela (17 April 2024). "EU Bites Into Cultivated Meat As Meatable Sets First Sausage Tasting". Forbes. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  11. ^ Judith van de Hulsbeek (17 April 2024). "Eerste proeverij kweekvlees in Nederland: 'Het is een doodgewoon worstje'" [First cultured meat tasting in Netherlands: 'It's just an ordinary sausage']. NOS.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  12. ^ Mridul, Anay (17 April 2024). "Exclusive: Meatable Hosts EU-First Cultivated Meat Tasting Event". Green Queen. Retrieved 17 April 2024.