Cultivated Beef by Mosa Meat: status and timeline

Cultivated Beef

Beef from cell samples in bioreactors without raising cattle. One biopsy yields thousands of burgers. Pursuing EU, UK, Switzerland, Singapore regulatory approval. First products: hybrid fat-plant blends.

PilotStage 3 of 5

Costs down 99.999% since 2013. Regulatory submission pending; hybrid products (fat+plant) targeted first.

Updated Dec 2025Checked 10 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · €15 million funding announced; pursuing regulatory approval

First cultured beef burger prototype created2013Complete.
Mosa Meat founded as commercial entity2016Complete.
Series B funding completedJan 2021Complete.
€40 million growth funding securedApr 2024Complete.
Production cost reduced 99.999% vs. 2013 prototypeDec 2025Complete.
EU Novel Foods application for beef fat submittedJan 2025Complete.
€15 million funding announced; pursuing regulatory approvalTarget Dec 2025Current milestone.
Commercial launch (target)Target 2027Not yet reached.

Most important updates

Mosa Meat secures €15 million funding; reaches commercial production scaleDec 2025

Upcoming

Dec 2025€15 million funding announced; pursuing regulatory approval (next)
2027Commercial launch (target)
2027EU Novel Foods approval

Current obstacles

Regulatory approvalNo country has a mature regulatory framework for cultivated meat. Mosa Meat is the first applicant in the EU's Novel Foods process.
Consumer acceptanceMany consumers are unfamiliar with cultivated meat and may be skeptical of eating lab-grown food, despite identical taste and nutrition.
Media costsGrowth media remains expensive; even at cost parity, cheaper serum-free media would improve margins significantly.

Physics limits

Bioreactor scalabilityScaling from liters to millions of liters requires new fermentation technology, infrastructure, and expertise; facility costs are high.
Energy intensityMaintaining sterile, temperature-controlled, oxygenated bioreactors consumes significant energy; total carbon footprint depends on local energy sources.
Media compositionEven serum-free growth media requires complex nutrient formulations and recombinant growth factors; simpler, cheaper media could improve unit economics further.

How it works

3 parts

Cell harvest

Sesame-seed biopsy

A small tissue sample is taken from a living animal; it causes no harm and the animal can live normally afterward.

Growth

Bioreactor fermentation

Cells are placed in a bioreactor with growth media, oxygen, and controlled pH/temperature. Cells multiply and differentiate into muscle and fat tissue.

Harvesting

Real beef structure

Cells are scaffolded and structured into meat-like tissue, then processed into ground beef, patties, or other forms without slaughter.

Spec sheet

Spec	Cultivated Beef
Cost reduction since 2013	99.999%^R (reported)
Production cost status	Approaching parity; further reductions ahead^R (reported)
Burgers from one biopsy sample	Up to 80,000^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

Update log

1 update

Dec 2025

Major: Mosa Meat secures €15 million funding; reaches commercial production scalePressFunding

About Mosa Meat

The team behind Cultivated Beef

Mosa Meat

Cultivated beef, cell-based meat, cultivated fat

Mosa Meat grows beef from cell samples in bioreactors. Founded 2016, reduced costs 99.999% since 2013. Pursuing regulatory approval in EU, UK, Switzerland, Singapore for hybrid products and full beef.

Founded 2016, grows beef from cell samples in bioreactors; 99.999% cost reduction since 2013.
Dec 2025: €15M funding, production cost suitable for commercial foodservice. Pursuing regulatory approval.
EU, UK, Switzerland, Singapore regulatory submissions; hybrid products (fat + plant protein) first.

mosameat.com (opens mosameat.com)Company profile →

Founded: 201610 yrs
Headquarters: Netherlands
Status: Private
Valuation: $300MprivateDec 2020
Raised: $146M6 rounds
Last round: Invest International development loan · $1MJul 2026
Works in: AgricultureCultivated meat
Coverage: 2 programs · 3 updateslatest 1 Jul 2026checked 10 Oct
Partners: Invest International
Investors: Blue Horizon VenturesBell Food GroupMitsubishi Corporation
People: Maarten BoschCEOMark Post (opens maastrichtuniversity.nl)Co-founder, Chief Scientific OfficerPeter VerstrateCo-founder, Chief Operating Officer

Spec

Cultivated Beef

Cost reduction since 2013

99.999%^R (reported)

Production cost status

Approaching parity; further reductions ahead^R (reported)

Burgers from one biopsy sample

Up to 80,000^R (reported)