Israeli Alef Farms prints its first ever rib-eye steak

The Israeli startup Aleph Farms, along with Professor Shulamit Levenberg of Tech’s School of Biomedical Engineering – Israel Institute of Technology, has grown the world’s first slaughter-free steak, using 3D bioprinting technology and the natural building blocks of meat – a real-celled cow without genetic engineering. Aleph Farms unveiled the world’s first cultivated thin steak in 2018, which did not use 3D bioprinting, but with new printing technology, the company now has the capacity to produce any type of steak and plans to expand its range of high-quality meat products. . . Unlike 3D printing technology, Aleph Farms’ 3D bioprinting technology is the printing of actual live cells that are then incubated for growth, differentiation and interaction, in order to obtain the texture and qualities of real steak. The proprietary system, similar to the naturally occurring blood vessels in tissues, enables the incorporation of nutrients through the thicker tissues and gives the steak the same shape and structure to its original shape as found in livestock before and during cooking. The Rib Eye cultivated steak is a thicker cut than the company’s first product – a thin steak with muscle and fat comparable to its butchered counterpart, and features the same sensual features as the tender, tender Rib Eye steak that can be bought from the butcher. Professor Levenberg, Aleph’s founding partner and chief scientific advisor, said, “With this milestone achieved, we have broken barriers to introducing new levels of diversity in the grown meat cuts that we can now produce. As we look to the future of 3D bioprinting, the opportunities are endless,” Levenberg He is a leading global expert in tissue engineering and has collected more than two decades of research in this field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the United States and in the Technion, in Israel. Alif Farms in Rehovot graduated from The Kitchen food technology incubator established by Strauss Group Ltd. (TASE: STRS). Didier Tobia, co-founder and CEO of Aleph Farms, said: “We recognize that some consumers will crave thicker and creamier cuts of meat. This achievement represents our commitment to satisfying our unique consumer preferences and taste buds, and we will continue to gradually diversify our offerings. Additional meat designs will make a greater impact. In the medium and long term, this achievement represents for me a great leap in achieving our vision of leading the transition of a global food system towards a more sustainable, equitable and safe world. ” Posted by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – Feb 9, 2021 © Copyright Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2021