Developing a way to produce real meat from animal cells, without the need to feed, breed, and slaughter actual animals.
- World’s first cultured beef meatball in 2016
- World’s first cultured chicken & duck in 2017
- Largest Series B funding round to date in the category in 2020
Press Mentions

November 16, 2022
A Lab-Grown Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval
The US regulatory body has signed off on Upside Foods’ cultivated meat—but the company is still figuring out how to make enough of it to sell.
Read on WIRED UK »
October 15, 2018
Would you eat slaughter-free meat?
There's a looming crisis over the world's appetite for meat. This chicken nugget may be the answer.
Read on BBC News »
September 21, 2023
UPSIDE Foods Selects Chicago Metropolitan Area for its First Commercial-Scale Cultivated Meat Production Plant
Upside Foods, a lab-grown meat company, is opening a production facility in Glenview, Illinois. The $141 million plant will produce cultivated chicken meat and is expected to create jobs and help...
Read on Perishable News »
September 20, 2023
Upside Foods’ Uma Valeti on why it’s so difficult to scale cultivated meat
Upside Foods, a lab-grown meat company, is opening a production facility in Glenview, Illinois. The company has received $140 million in funding and plans to produce cultivated chicken at a...
Read on TechCrunch »
September 15, 2023
Upside Foods Picks Location for First Commercial Cultivated Meat Plant
Upside Foods, a lab-grown meat company, is opening a production facility in Glenview, Illinois. The company has received $140 million in funding and plans to produce cultivated chicken at a...
Read on powderbulksolids.com »
September 14, 2023
Cultivated meat, seafood company UPSIDE Foods to open its 1st commercial plant in Glenview
Upside Foods, a lab-grown meat company, has announced plans to build a commercial-scale plant near Chicago with an investment of $140 million. The company aims to produce cultivated chicken meat...
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