Dutch startup Mosa Meat set to scale-up cultivated meat production
Growing meat directly from cells without harming animals or the planet
Maarten Bosch is the CEO of RisingFoodStars startup Mosa Meat. Maarten is passionate about making a positive impact on climate change, animal welfare and food shortages. Mosa Meat is a Dutch food company working to change the world with burgers produced in a kinder, cleaner way. Mosa Meat use cellular agriculture to make beef directly from the cells of a cow in order to produce meat without harming animals or the planet.
Outcomes and Impact
Mosa Meat joined the EIT Food RisingFoodStar (RFS) network in 2020 and they are now a partner and a member of the EIT Food Protein Diversification Think Tank.
Cultivated beef production is associated with reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and uses 95% less land and 78% less water compared to conventional beef farming.
Despite challenges, the cellular agriculture industry is gaining traction and has witnessed significant progress in recent years. Numerous startups are actively working on developing the technology further and more large-scale research facilities are being opened across the world. Companies such as Mosa Meat have made remarkable strides in producing cultivated meat that closely resembles traditional meat in taste and texture.
In 2023 Mosa Meat, opened a 2,760 square metre (29,708 square feet) scale-up facility in Maastricht. The plant is designed to grow as demand increases with regulatory approvals and regional market entries, with the capacity to produce up to hundreds of thousands of cultivated hamburgers per year.
“I recognise that a lot of people around the world are not going to give up meat, which means we need to give them the laziest way to change their behaviour. And it means making what they love about meat and seafood in a different way. But we need policymakers to take this into account, build it into these public policy frameworks and push back against some vocal minority voices in the food and agriculture space that are resistant to any sort of change.”
