Cultivated Chicken by PARIMA: status and timeline

Milestones

Next · Regulatory filings for cultivated chicken

Regulatory filings for cultivated chickenTarget 2024Current milestone.
Expected first market approvalTarget 2027Not yet reached.

Upcoming

2024Regulatory filings for cultivated chicken (next)
2027Expected first market approval

Current obstacles

Achieving poultry flavor and textureCultivated chicken must replicate the distinct sensory properties of conventional poultry meat.

Physics limits

Muscle cell differentiation complexityPoultry muscle cells have specific characteristics that require careful culture optimization to reproduce.

How it works

1 part

Cell Culture

Poultry cell cultivation

Chicken cells are cultured using validated protocols developed through Vital Meat's decades of avian cell research.

Spec sheet

Spec	Cultivated Chicken
Cell Source	Poultry cells, 25-year validated research^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

About PARIMA

The team behind Cultivated Chicken

PARIMA

Cultivated duck, cultivated foie gras, cultivated meat platform

Global cultivated meat leader formed October 2025 by merging Gourmey and Vital Meat. Combines cultivated duck and chicken with 25 years of validated poultry cell research.

Gourmey founded 2019; raised €48M Series A in October 2022, largest for cultivated meat at the time.
Merged with Vital Meat in October 2025 to form PARIMA, combining duck and chicken with 25-year poultry research.
Cultivated duck approved in Singapore (April 2026); seven regulatory filings globally; positioned for premium dining.

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

Founded: 20197 yrs
Headquarters: France
Status: Private
Valuation: private
Raised: $53M1 round
Last round: Series A · $53MOct 2022
Works in: AgricultureCultivated meat
Coverage: 2 programs · 4 updateslatest 1 Apr 2026checked 10 Oct
Lead investors: Earlybird Venture Capital
Partners: Groupe Grimaud (opens gourmey.com)
Acquired by: Vital Meat (opens gourmey.com)
People: Nicolas Morin-Forest (opens gourmey.com)CEO