Quest Meat: Pioneering Biotechnology Solutions to Cultivate Meat at Lower Costs

Furthermore, since 2019, they have been working with cultivated meat businesses and training staff from several firms. © Quest Meat Advancing the food revolution Located at the Birmingham Research Park, a space connected to the University of Birmingham, Quest Meat has secured over £700,000 from various backers. This funding has enabled the business to uptick the scale of its animal cell cultivation to produce multiple liters of cells and offer its first product: bovine muscle-derived and adipose-derived stem cells. Using a biotech platform, Quest Meat is also developing media advance and food-safe components to cultivate meat at lower costs.

The business claims these NPD can replace microcarriers and the controversial fetal bovine serum. “Cultivated meat is a global challenge. Delivering it requires collaboration and partnership to address the technical and cost barriers. Our enabling technologies complement the great work being done by others across the value chain since they address cost, bringing cultivated meat closer to consumers,” explains the company on its website. © Quest Meat Last year, the biotech business sought to raise an additional £2.5 million to develop further its prototypes and scale its production, set out Future Food Finance.

Other UK-based cultivated meat businesses, along with Quest Meat, are part of a £12 million UK the authorities initiative called CARMA — of a hub focused on advancing the cultivated meat trade. This food revolution will involve a shift from intensive farming practices that are cruel to livestock and environmentally damaging, to a much more sustainable approach,” states CEO Ivan Wall.