The startup behind the Bill Gates-backed veggie burger that 'bleeds' is part of a transition to animal-free meat - here are the other frontrunners

Jul 19, 2018, 18:37 IST

Bill Gates-backed Impossible Foods makes the plant-based "bleeding" Impossible Burger, available in restaurants now. It's made with wheat protein and heme, an ingredient that activists and the FDA say needs more study.

Bill Gates-backed Impossible Foods makes the plant-based "bleeding" Impossible Burger, available in restaurants now. It's made with wheat protein and heme, an ingredient that activists and the FDA say needs more study.

You can buy the other veggie burger that "bleeds" in grocery stores. Made by Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat, the burgers are made from pea protein and coconut oil.

A startup called Terramino Foods is working on "salmon" burgers made with koji, a fungus used in sake and miso soup. Its co-founder is a Peter Thiel Fellow.

Dutch startup Mosa Meat made the first real meat burger from animal cells. This month the company raised $8.8 million from drug maker Merck and meat processor Bell Foods.

You can buy plant-based mayo and scrambled "eggs" made by Silicon Valley startup Just (formerly Hampton Creek) in stores and restaurants. The company also aims to turn turkey or chicken cells into sausage or burgers by the end of this year.

You can buy plant-based mayo and scrambled "eggs" made by Silicon Valley startup Just (formerly Hampton Creek) in stores and restaurants. The company also aims to turn turkey or chicken cells into sausage or burgers by the end of this year.

Silicon Valley-based Memphis Meats has let people taste its fried chicken, meatballs, and duck, all of which are made from animal cells, but hasn't yet unveiled a product that's restaurant-ready.

Israeli startup Aleph Farms is partnering with a regenerative medicine specialist to eventually make steak — a holy grail for the cultured meat industry because of its complexity — from cow cells.

Israeli startup Aleph Farms is partnering with a regenerative medicine specialist to eventually make steak — a holy grail for the cultured meat industry because of its complexity — from cow cells.

Finless Foods wants to transform blue fin tuna cells into spicy tuna rolls. The Bay Area startup recently got $3.5 million from the VC who wants to split California into 3 states.

Startup Integriculture recently nabbed $2.7 million from the Japanese government to create the first foie gras from chicken liver cells, expected sometime in 2021.

Berkeley-based pet food company Wild Earth is using the fungus found in miso soup and cultured meat from mice to make a splash in the $30 billion pet food market, much of which is dominated by traditional meat.

Berkeley-based pet food company Wild Earth is using the fungus found in miso soup and cultured meat from mice to make a splash in the $30 billion pet food market, much of which is dominated by traditional meat.

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The startup behind the Bill Gates-backed veggie burger that 'bleeds' is part of a transition to animal-free meat - here are the other frontrunners

Bill Gates-backed Impossible Foods makes the plant-based "bleeding" Impossible Burger, available in restaurants now. It's made with wheat protein and heme, an ingredient that activists and the FDA say needs more study.

You can buy the other veggie burger that "bleeds" in grocery stores. Made by Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat, the burgers are made from pea protein and coconut oil.

A startup called Terramino Foods is working on "salmon" burgers made with koji, a fungus used in sake and miso soup. Its co-founder is a Peter Thiel Fellow.

Dutch startup Mosa Meat made the first real meat burger from animal cells. This month the company raised $8.8 million from drug maker Merck and meat processor Bell Foods.

You can buy plant-based mayo and scrambled "eggs" made by Silicon Valley startup Just (formerly Hampton Creek) in stores and restaurants. The company also aims to turn turkey or chicken cells into sausage or burgers by the end of this year.

Silicon Valley-based Memphis Meats has let people taste its fried chicken, meatballs, and duck, all of which are made from animal cells, but hasn't yet unveiled a product that's restaurant-ready.

Israeli startup Aleph Farms is partnering with a regenerative medicine specialist to eventually make steak — a holy grail for the cultured meat industry because of its complexity — from cow cells.

Finless Foods wants to transform blue fin tuna cells into spicy tuna rolls. The Bay Area startup recently got $3.5 million from the VC who wants to split California into 3 states.

Startup Integriculture recently nabbed $2.7 million from the Japanese government to create the first foie gras from chicken liver cells, expected sometime in 2021.

Berkeley-based pet food company Wild Earth is using the fungus found in miso soup and cultured meat from mice to make a splash in the $30 billion pet food market, much of which is dominated by traditional meat.