A Bay Area grocery store will be the first to sell cultivated meat-but you only have a limited time to try it

"The innovation has only appeared on a handful of restaurant menus since its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) But if you're in the Bay Area, you're in luck: Cultivated meat startup Mission Barns will be selling its pork meatballs (made with a base of pea protein plus the company's cultivated pork fat) at Berkeley Bowl West, one location of an independent grocery store in California."

"It marks the first retail sale of cultivated meat in the United States, though the products are available for just one day only: Saturday, November 1. That said, those in the area will have more chances to try Mission Barns's cultivated meat products. Along with the one-day sale, the company is hosting four in-store tastings at Berkeley Bowl, offering samples of its pork meatballs on November 1, January 17, and February 21, plus tastings of its cultivated pork salami on December 12."

"Cultivated meat (also called cell-cultured meat or lab-grown meat, though some in the industry contest that moniker) is still a nascent field. Mission Barns first launched in 2018. Others like Upside Foods, which makes cultured chicken, and Wildtype, which develops cultivated fish, have been around just a little longer-since 2015 and 2016, respectively. U.S. regulators approved the first sales of cultivated meat in 2023."

Cultivated meat options remain limited, with most appearances confined to a few restaurant menus since regulatory approval. Mission Barns will sell pork meatballs made with pea protein and cultivated pork fat at Berkeley Bowl West, representing the first U.S. retail sale of cultivated meat on November 1 for a one-day event. The company will also host in-store tastings on November 1, December 12, January 17, and February 21 featuring meatballs and cultivated pork salami. The cultivated meat sector is nascent, with Mission Barns founded in 2018 and peers like Upside Foods and Wildtype established earlier. U.S. regulators approved sales in 2023, and brief restaurant appearances have followed.

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