US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account Then, in June, both companies got USDA approval for their labels, which must say “cell-cultivated.” In November, the FDA issued a “no questions” letter to Upside Foods, essentially saying that it had no further questions about the safety of the product and so considered it safe for consumption. The Bar Crenn debut follows a series of approvals granted from the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration, which are together regulating the nascent cultivated meat industry. It’s working with chef and restaurateur José Andrés to bring the item to his Washington, DC, restaurant China Chilcano.

Good Meat is also planning to first serve its product in a restaurant, though it hasn’t revealed a date yet. Those who want to try it can sign up ahead of time on the Bar Crenn website. UPSIDE FoodsĪfter Saturday, there will be other opportunities to try cultivated chicken at Bar Crenn, but not right away.Īccording to Upside Foods, there will will be monthly dinner services featuring the product starting later this year. Ujpside Foods' cultivated chicken is on the menu at Bar Crenn. Contest winners also get to tour Upside Food’s Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center. They’ll each pay a symbolic $1 to try the chicken. Upside Foods held a contest on social media to determine who would be able to try the product at Bar Crenn, and those winners will be able to dig in this weekend. Chef Dominique Crenn took meat off the restaurant’s menu in 2018 “because of the impact of factory farming on animals and the planet,” according the the restaurant’s website, but is comfortable selling cultivated chicken.

On Saturday, cultivated chicken tempura will be on Bar Crenn’s menu, served with a burnt chili aioli and garnished with greens and edible flowers. This happens in a production facility that looks a lot like a brewery. Cultivated, or lab-grown, meat is developed from animal cells and grown in massive bioreactors with the help of nutrients like amino acids. But you can’t just walk in and order it.Ībout a week and a half ago, the US Department of Agriculture gave two brands, Upside Foods and Good Meat, approval to start producing and selling their cultivated chicken. Chicken made from cultivated cells is officially on the menu at Bar Crenn in San Francisco.

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