PARIMA

PARIMA is a French cultivated protein company formed in 2025 through the acquisition of Vital Meat by Gourmey. It develops high-quality animal proteins directly from cells, with applications across food, nutrition, and other uses, and positions itself as a platform company built for scalable, efficient, and resilient protein production. The company’s public focus is on cultivated duck and cultivated chicken, serving both premium dining and broader commercial markets. PARIMA presents its approach as combining culinary expertise, bioprocessing, regulatory work, and industrial scale-up to bring cultivated foods to market with fewer resources than conventional animal production. Core Values Efficiency : PARIMA emphasizes producing animal protein with fewer resources, lower production costs, and a process designed for industrial scalability. Sustainability : The company frames cultivated protein as a way to reduce land, water, and environmental impacts while supporting more resilient food systems. Quality and taste : PARIMA repeatedly highlights high-quality products, authentic taste, texture, and culinary performance as central to its approach. Innovation : The company presents itself as science-led and technology-driven, using machine learning, digital twins, and advanced bioprocessing to improve cultivation outcomes. Food safety and regulatory rigor : PARIMA stresses compliance, traceability, and repeated regulatory validation across markets as part of its operating philosophy. Unique Aspects First company approved for cultivated food across two species : PARIMA says it became the first company worldwide to obtain cultivated food approval for both chicken and duck, with approvals in Singapore in 2025 and 2026. Formed by the Gourmey–Vital Meat combination : The company was created when Gourmey acquired Vital Meat in October 2025, bringing together premium cultivated duck expertise and poultry cell-line technology. Validated economics at scale : PARIMA reports independently validated production economics of about €7/kg at commercial scale, and later said it reached multi-tonne-scale cultivated duck production in a single 22,000-liter run. Strong regulatory pipeline : The company has described a broad regulatory portfolio across Europe, Asia, and North America, including filings in the EU, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, and the U.S. Culinary validation and chef network : PARIMA’s products have been developed and validated with Michelin-starred chefs, including a first-in-industry culinary advisory board for Gourmey. AI-enabled cultivation work : Through a partnership with DeepLife, PARIMA has worked on an avian digital twin to optimize growth conditions, nutrient density, and flavor expression.