Lab-grown meat firms attract sixfold increase in investment

Funding soared in 2020, while study shows 80% of people are open to eating meat grown in bioreactors

The nascent industry growing real meat in bioreactors had a record-breaking year in 2020, with investment growing sixfold and dozens of new companies being founded.

A study also indicates that 80% of people in the UK and US are open to eating meat produced in a factory rather than a field, with the researchers concluding that cultivated meat is likely to be widely accepted by the general public.