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Two U.S. startups — Upside Foods and Good Meat — received federal clearances in 2023 to sell cell‑cultured chicken to restaurants, and their products briefly appeared on the menus of two high‑end U.S....
As of the most-reported rollout, no major U.S. fast-food chains sell lab-grown (cultivated/cell-cultured) meat on their regular menus; federal approvals have allowed two companies — GOOD Meat (Eat Jus...
As of the reporting in these sources, U.S. federal regulators have cleared only cell‑cultured chicken products from two companies — Upside Foods and GOOD Meat — for sale, with initial approvals coming...
Lab‑grown (cultivated) meat is not available in U.S. grocery stores in any meaningful, widespread way as of the latest reporting; regulatory clearances and limited commercial sales have begun in a few...
Two U.S. companies — Upside Foods and Good Meat — received federal clearance to sell cultivated (lab‑grown) chicken to restaurants, and their products have appeared briefly at a handful of upscale U.S...
As of 2025 the federal regulatory framework for cell‑cultured (“lab‑grown”) meat is a dual‑agency system: the FDA oversees cell collection, growth and pre‑harvest processes and the USDA‑FSIS takes ove...
Yes. The USDA has approved cultivated (lab‑grown) chicken from two U.S. firms — Upside Foods and GOOD Meat — and both companies received prior FDA safety clearances, clearing the way for initial comme...
The short answer is: none — no company is currently selling lab-grown (cultivated) meat in U.S. grocery stores; two California firms, Upside Foods and GOOD Meat, are the only companies that have recei...
Two U.S. restaurants experimentally served after regulators cleared and : ’s in carried Upside’s product and ’s in , carried GOOD Meat’s product . Both rollouts were limited, high‑end tastings that ha...
Two U.S. restaurants—Bar Crenn in San Francisco and China Chilcano in Washington, D.C.—are the documented, early public venues to place cell‑cultivated chicken on tasting‑menu plates after U.S. regula...
Two high-profile U.S. restaurants—Bar Crenn in San Francisco and China Chilcano in Washington, D.C.—have publicly served cultivated (lab‑grown) chicken supplied by approved producers, marking the firs...
A limited but growing number of U.S. restaurants and regions began piloting cultivated (cultured) meat menu items by mid‑2025 after regulatory approvals for some products; Wildtype’s cultivated coho s...
Two U.S. companies— and —received USDA inspection grants and regulatory approvals in mid‑2023 that authorized production and sale of their , a landmark regulatory milestone for the cultivated‑meat sec...