Mosa Meat
Mosa Meat is a Maastricht-based food technology company focused on cultivated beef. Founded by scientist Mark Post and food technician Peter Verstrate, it emerged from the research that produced the world’s first cultured beef burger in 2013 and has since worked to turn that proof of concept into commercial products. The company positions itself as a way to keep the eating experience people already enjoy while changing how beef is made. Its mission is to reshape the food system by producing beef through cell cultivation rather than conventional livestock farming, with an emphasis on quality, scalability, and lower environmental impact. Mosa Meat serves a future consumer market as well as potential foodservice and commercial partners, and it is actively pursuing regulatory approvals and market entry in multiple regions. Core Values Sustainability : The company frames cultivated beef as a way to reduce land use, water use, emissions, and other environmental pressures associated with conventional meat production. Animal welfare : Mosa Meat emphasizes that its process requires only a small cell sample from a cow and does not require slaughter, positioning the product as kinder to animals. Quality and taste : The company repeatedly stresses that its goal is to make beef that is indistinguishable from regular beef in flavor, texture, and cooking performance. Innovation : Mosa Meat highlights scientific and technical progress such as serum-free media, removal of animal components from production, and scale-up work as central to its approach. Unique Aspects World-first heritage : The company’s founders created the world’s first cultured beef burger in 2013, giving Mosa Meat a landmark role in the cultivated meat sector. Strong regulatory and scale-up focus : Mosa Meat is actively pursuing approvals in markets including the UK, EU, Switzerland, Singapore, and other international markets, while building production capacity in Maastricht. Notable investor backing : Known news indicates support from investors and strategic backers including Lowercarbon Capital, M Ventures, Nutreco, PHW Group, Mitsubishi Corporation, Invest-NL, LIOF, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jitse Groen, reflecting broad interest in its commercialization path. B Corp certification : The company says it became the first cultivated meat producer to receive B Corp certification, underscoring its sustainability and responsibility positioning.