The initial focus will be to facilitate the development of a variety of hybrid food offerings
MeaTech 3D, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, MeaTech Europe, has commenced food technology development activities, with an initial focus on hybrid foods, which are food offerings composed of both plant and cultured fat and/or protein ingredients. The Israeli technology company is focused on developing cultured meat production capabilities including its proprietary three-dimensional printing technology, biotechnology processes, and customizable manufacturing processes for slaughter-free real meat manufacturing.
One of MeaTech Europe’s main activities will be food technology development on behalf of the MeaTech group of companies.
The initial focus will be to facilitate the development of a variety of hybrid food offerings based on chicken fat from MeaTech 3D’s recently acquired Antwerp-based subsidiary Peace of Meat BV. Food technology development activities will focus on enhancing Peace of Meat’s cultured chicken cell products, including optimizing key aspects like taste, texture, flavor, mouthfeel, and nutrition.
Peace of Meat has already performed several taste tests that have demonstrated the potential of cultured chicken fat to improve the properties of plant-based protein products.
MeaTech Europe will build on this proof-of-concept product to develop hybrid products that are tailored to meet consumer tastes and preferences. Bovine and avian cell research and development, as well as scaling of technologies, will continue to be performed at MeaTech 3D and Peace of Meat, respectively.