The new pilot facility is double the size of Meatable’s previous office and lab space, enabling it to increase its bioreactor capacity, ensuring the company has more space to test and produce large volumes of its cultivated pork products.
The 187,000-square-foot plant, based in Glenview, Illinois, will start by producing ground cultivated chicken products, with plans to expand to other species and whole-textured formats in the future.
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granting approval to a cell-based – or cultivated – meat product, new foods are expected to hit store shelves soon.
The FDA released a memo detailing the agency's review of the data and information provided by UPSIDE Foods to establish the safety of its cultivated chicken filet.