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Exclusive: Open-source moment for cultivated meat as GFI releases SCiFi Foods’ cell lines to academia

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16 October 2025

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regulatory

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Foodtech

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United States

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Fusion42 · 2 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

The Good Food Institute (GFI) has acquired SCiFi Foods' cultivated meat cell lines and serum-free media formulations to open-source them first to academia and later industry, aiming to reduce barriers and standardize research tools in the cultivated meat space.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Foodtech.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

You can now access standard, commercially relevant cultivated meat cell lines previously locked behind startup barriers. Academic and industry research just gained a shared language to speed scale-up and innovation.

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