Alife Foods

Based in Germany, Alife Foods is a cultivated meat startup offering a cell-cultured schnitzel using stem cell technology. The company’s process involves harvesting myosatellite and muscle cells from cows and growing them using plant-based growth media. The cells are then combined with plant-based components to create the final product. To make its schnitzel, Alife Foods uses four ingredients: cultivated beef, wheat protein, panade (wheat flour mixed with vegetable oil), and methylcellulose (a derivative of cellulose that is used as an emulsifier/thickener). In March 2022, the company unveiled the first prototype of its cultivated schnitzel and announced plans to commercialize the product by 2025, pending regulatory approval.

Key customers and partnerships

In March 2022, Alife Foods announced that it is developing its cultured schnitzel prototype in partnership with Fuchs Gruppe, a German spice manufacturer, and New York-based cultivated meat company Lab Farm Foods.