In focus

There are now 156 companies working in the cultivated meat area, according to the Good Food Institute’s companies database. While a good portion of those organizations are focused on manufacturing a finished product (think: Believer Meats or Upside Foods), a vibrant business- to-business ecosystem is developing, with many companies focused on the core technologies required to make cultivated meat.

Emerging specialties include optimizing growth factors, cell culture media and cell lines; creating scaffolding…