ReviewTrends in food science & technology2018
Bringing cultured meat to market: Technical, socio-political, and regulatory challenges in cellular agriculture.
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- Current Evidence on Dietary Patterns and Consumer Food Choices in the Context of Climate and Environmental Change: A Global Perspective-A Report from the Agriculture and Diet: Value Added for Nutrition, Translation, and Adaptation in a Global Ecology (ADVANTAGE) Project Working Group 2.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
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- CRISPR-mediated engineering of bovine satellite cells for Alpha-Gal Syndrome-compatible cultivated meat.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A fingerprint-based polymeric sensing platform for comprehensive quality assessment of complex culture media in cell manufacturing.Chemical science · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Review on Food-Grade Electrospinning of Natural Biopolymers for Cultivated Meat Applications.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Rethinking Meat Alternatives in Eastern Europe: A Just Transition Lens on Policy, Perception, and Innovation in Romania.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Cultivated Meat and the Future of Food Systems: Promise, Progress, and Challenges.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Socio-economic and environmental sustainability of biomanufactured food and agricultural products: An integrated assessment framework.iScience · 2026Review
- Nutritional, Ethical and Ecological Aspects of Cultured Meat with Particular Emphasis on Functional Food Production: A Comprehensive Literature Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Do Conventional Meat-Purchase Motivations Predict Acceptance of Cultured Meat? A National Study Among Polish Consumers.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Enhancing cultured meat production with ginseng leaf-stem extract: a novel supplementation approach to promote porcine muscle stem cell growth.Food science of animal resources · 2026Article
- Achieving Lasting Umbilical Cord Decontamination and Sustainable Stem Cell Sourcing by Combining Plasma-Functionalized Liquid and Ultrasound.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perceptions of cell-cultured "meat" embedded in the cultural context: public surveys in Japan and the United Kingdom.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundCultured meat forms part of the emerging field of cellular agriculture. Still an early stage field it seeks to deliver products traditionally made through livestock rearing in novel forms that require no, or significantly reduced, animal involvement. Key examples include cultured meat, milk, egg white and leather. Here, we focus upon cultured meat and its technical, socio-political and regulatory challenges and opportunities. SCOPE AND APPROACH: The paper reports the thinking of an interdisciplinary team, all of whom have been active in the field for a number of years. It draws heavily upon the published literature, as well as our own professional experience. This includes ongoing laboratory work to produce cultured meat and over seventy interviews with experts in the area conducted in the social science work. KEY FINDINGS AND
conclusionsCultured meat is a promising, but early stage, technology with key technical challenges including cell source, culture media, mimicking the in-vivo myogenesis environment, animal-derived and synthetic materials, and bioprocessing for commercial-scale production. Analysis of the social context has too readily been reduced to ethics and consumer acceptance, and whilst these are key issues, the importance of the political and institutional forms a cultured meat industry might take must also be recognised, and how ambiguities shape any emergent regulatory system.
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