Goal

Footprint of cell-cultured meat below that of factory-farmed meat by 2025

FROM Commitment: Cell-cultured Meat for Everyday Table

Private sector - food business / Japan

IntegriCulture Inc.

Date made: 08 Dec 2021
Related event: Other event | 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
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NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Targeted location Global - We plan to market our product and technology first from regions where high prices of meat incentivizes feed over food, often in other poorer parts of the world. Regions with high meat prices and top meat importers are found mainly …
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Primary indicator We measure the footprint in terms of CO2-equivalent emission per 1kg of cultured cells
Primary indicator baseline 36kg CO2 emission per 1kg of beef
Primary indicator target Below 36kg CO2-eq per kg
Duration January, 2024 - December, 2025

Goal action plan

Intensive R&D activities to meet this technological goal - challenges include raw materials (basal medium and growth factors) and capital expenditure (bioreactors)

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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