Meati Foods: ‘Urban agriculture for protein?’
Meati Foods is carving out new territory in the meat-alternative space with a fungi-based platform capable of producing ‘steaks’ and other whole cuts, disrupting a category currently dominated by processed products such as burgers and nuggets.
The mycelium-based ‘meat’ - grown via a submerged fermentation process - has “no inherent flavor and is bright white with long fibrous filaments that mimic muscle structure,” says founder and CEO Dr Tyler Huggins. “We’re at greater than 60% by weight protein and we have a PDCAAS score of 1, which is similar to eggs and milk.”
