Updates
ORF Genetics and Seawith Enter into Partnership for Growth Factors and Cultivated Meat Production
ORF Genetics (Iceland) and SeaWith (South Korea) have partnered to advance cultivated meat production by supplying SeaWith with ORF’s barley-produced, animal-free growth factors (branded MESOkine). The collaboration, outlined in an MOU, aims to enable SeaWith to commercialize cell-based Han‑Woo beef under its “Welldone” brand by 2025
SeaWith Wants To Bring Cell-Based Meat To South Korean Restaurants By 2022
SeaWith, a South Korean food‑tech startup, is developing cultured meat using seaweed-based growth media and scaffolding. They aim to serve cell‑based steak in Korean restaurants by 2022 and have already created prototypes that mimic steak texture; their algae-derived media replaces over 80% of fetal bovine serum, helping reduce costs.
South Korea Inaugurates Regulation-Free Special Zone for Cultivated Meat Development
The South Korean government has created a special zone designed for the development of cultivated foods, which will exempt companies from certain regulatory hurdles to help them commercialise their products.
A regulatory-free zone for cultivated meat has been designated in Korea
In Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, it is now possible to have a fresh supply of cells and to produce cultivated meat.