Meet the new meat, cultivated directly from real animal cells.
From pioneering the world’s first cultivated beef meatball, chicken, and duck to evolving how beef and seafood are grown, we’ve been working hard to bring you the meats you love, made in a new way. From our history-making Chicken Filet (the first cultivated meat green-lit by both the FDA and USDA for sale in the U.S.) to our next-generation Chicken Essentials lineup combining the best of cultivated chicken and plant-based ingredients, we're proud to set the new standard for meat. Let’s dig into our first protein: chicken.
Delicious
Flavorful and mouth-watering, whether fried, sautéed, or grilled. Hungry yet?
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FLAVORFUL
Our chicken is packed with flavor from start to finish. Your favorite sauce? You may not need it.
"Every bite is filled with so much flavor."
AMELIA
Taco & Tiramisu Fanatic
TEMPTING
Sizzled to perfection, our chicken is what mouthwatering daydreams are made of.
"It’s delicious. I want seconds!"
Maitreyi
Avid Eater
TASTY
Our chicken is made to totally sink your teeth into.
"Wow. It’s so tasty and tender!"
ALEXIE
Potluck Lover
Humane & Safe
Feed a better future
Humane & Safe
Feed a better futureChicken is a crowd-pleaser (and we understand why). It is so popular that 9.3 billion chickens are killed every year in the U.S. alone. Our cultivated meat is grown in a controlled environment with no need to raise and slaughter billions of animals. In 2022, the U.S. FDA gave us their green light to our pioneering Chicken Filet, and the USDA followed in 2023. Since then, we've been hard at work creating our Chicken Essentials lineup combining the best of cultivated chicken and the best of plant-based ingredients, which pending regulatory approval will make cultivated meat available to more people than ever before. At scale, cultivated chicken is simply a more efficient, more humane, and more future-friendly way to grow high-quality meat for food lovers everywhere.
Tastes like “more!”
Our yummy and versatile chicken satisfies every craving.
Breakfast Sausage made with Chicken Essentials
Fried Chicken Sandwich made with Chicken Essentials
Breakfast Sausage made with Chicken Essentials
Tacos made with Chicken Filet
Still curious?
We’ve already debuted the world’s first cultivated beef meatball, chicken, and duck. While our Chicken Filet was our first product to market for a limited time only in 2023, we’ve got more in the works with our new Chicken Essentials which combining the best of cultivated chicken and plant-based protein. Ultimately, our goal is to cultivate any meat product that your tastebuds desire.
As our first product was only sold in restaurants, our USDA-approved label is simple. It contains 1) the name of the product: “Formed Cell-cultivated Chicken,” 2) the ingredient line, and 3) safe handling instructions for the product (which are the same as those of conventional chicken).
The ingredient line on the label is also short: Cell-cultivated chicken, Maltodextrin, Transglutaminase (Binding Agent).
We’re incredibly proud that our Chicken Filet is made from over 99% cultivated chicken cells, resulting in a delicious, mouth-watering product. The remaining <1% are food ingredients that are used to hold the cells together (and are often used in conventional meatballs for the same purpose).
Maltodextrin is a common food ingredient that can be made from a variety of starches like corn, wheat, rice, and tapioca. We use it for more effective mixing of our transglutaminase enzyme into the meat.
Transglutaminase is an enzyme that is often used in food production to bind proteins together. In conventional meat it’s frequently used in things like meatballs to keep them from crumbling.
UPSIDE meats can be cooked the same ways you cook any other meat. Grill it, sauté it, broil it, or fry it! Our meats are versatile enough to fit many different formats.
Our first product, the Chicken Filet, is free from soy, but our next-generation Chicken Essentials is made from cultivated chicken blended with plant-based ingredients, including soy protein. Like other foods, any allergens will be clearly disclosed on our product labels.
Our products aren’t vegan or vegetarian—we make meat directly from animal cells. Some people who avoid conventionally produced meat for environmental or animal welfare reasons may choose to enjoy our products.
Chicken! We think our cultivated chicken is flavorful and delicious—and we can’t wait to hear what you think.
At UPSIDE, we follow strict standards of food production. We’re proud to be the first cultivated meat company in the world to receive a green light from the FDA, meaning they accept our safety conclusion that our cultivated Chicken Filet is safe to eat. USDA approval on our Chicken Filet further reinforced these safety standards.
Our Chicken Essentials line is undergoing the same rigorous regulatory review process with both the FDA and USDA.
Initially, you’ll be able to taste UPSIDE through our chef and restaurant partners in the US. As we’re able to produce more delicious meat with UPSIDEs for us all, we’ll be able to work with grocers to make sure that there’s UPSIDE wherever you are! For the most up-to-date information about our partnerships and launch dates, please follow our social channels.
