Czech startup Bene Meat Applied sciences has obtained a registration certificates from the European Union’s (EU) European Feed Supplies Register, enabling the corporate to supply and promote cultured meat for pet meals. The enterprise is now planning to open a brand new manufacturing facility subsequent yr to improve its output capability.
In a press release, the corporate mentioned this improvement makes it “the one entity within the world that may produce and promote this product for pet meals.” Manufactured in a laboratory in bioreactors, the uncooked materials is made by non-invasively eradicating cells from a residing animal and subsequently rising them in a nutrient-rich medium, based on knowledge from the corporate.
Vendula Kučerová, head of gross sales and advertising technique at Bene Meat Applied sciences, mentioned the agency “want to enter the highest premium section of the pet meals market subsequent yr. It’s our precedence to carry this product as quickly as doable to customers who’re already looking for pet meals merchandise with high-quality protein elements. Our product is wealthy in high-quality and pure protein with out antibiotics, chemical compounds, glutens, and so on. It’s moral and sustainable. It’s supposed for all cats and canines of any age.”
Primarily based within the nation’s capital of Prague, Bene Meat Applied sciences has labored on the product since 2020, managing a global staff of about 80 scientists. “Our present manufacturing of uncooked materials is within the Czech Republic, and we anticipate to have some samples prepared at first of 2024,” Kučerová mentioned. “Subsequent yr, we’ll construct another manufacturing web site in the Czech Republic, which is able to imply a exceptional upscale of our manufacturing.”
Croatian pet meals enterprise rebrands, eyes new export markets
Croatia’s Tvornica Dobre Hrane (Good Meals Manufacturing unit), the nation’s solely home producer of extruded pet meals, is rebranding as Voli Voli and accelerating plans to launch exports to Italy and plenty of different overseas markets, based on Mauro Lukić, the corporate’s director.
We “really feel it’s time to take a step ahead,” he instructed native publication “Croatia Week.” “Voli Voli symbolizes the need to supply solely the most effective to our pets, in addition to our love for them, which is expressed not solely by every day care, consideration or walks however, most significantly, by high-quality meals. Our meals bears a brand new title, however the identical high quality and dedication.”
In addition to Croatia, the corporate’s merchandise are offered in Greece, Romania and Slovenia. Its manufacturing unit is at present operated by a workforce of about 15 workers and capable of make about 1.5 tons of pet meals per hour. In addition to its efforts directed at getting into new export markets, the Croatian enterprise can also be readying to roll out a variety of latest merchandise, increasing its portfolio to incorporate cat meals, amongst others.
German firm to launch new Polish pet meals manufacturing unit
Germany’s WPF Manufacturing has unveiled plans to speculate about PLN 232 million (US$58.1 million) to open a brand new pet meals plant in Stargard, within the northwestern a part of Poland.
Below the plan, the designed manufacturing unit is to create about 40 new jobs. To hold out the funding, WPF Manufacturing has bought a land plot of roughly 10,000 sq. meters (107,640 sq. ft), based on the data obtained by native enterprise every day “Puls Biznesu.” Development work on the deliberate manufacturing facility is anticipated to start in 2024.
Stargard is positioned in shut proximity to Poland’s border with Germany.
