Following the close of $120 million in Series B funding, Israeli foodtech startup Remilk, which produces animal-free dairy-identical milk proteins through precision fermentation, will be building a full-scale precision fermentation facility in Kalundborg, Denmark, the company announced Tuesday.

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The facility is planned to extend over 750,000 square feet of newly acquired land within The Symbiosis project, a pioneering sustainable industrial ecosystem, in Kalundborg.

Kalundborg's Symbiosis project is an industrial ecosystem in which byproducts of one company become resources for another. At present, Symbiosis is a collaborative effort involving more than a dozen visionary public and private companies including industry giants such as Novozymes, Novo Nordisk and Chr. Hansen.

At the new facility, Remilk plans to produce non-animal dairy protein for use in products like cheese, yogurt, and ice cream, in volumes equivalent to that produced by 50,000 cows each year.

"Remilk is committed to reinventing our dairy industry in a kind, sustainable way. Eliminating the need for animals in our food system is the only way to supply our world's growing demand without destroying it in the process," said Remilk founder and CEO Aviv Wolff.

"We intend to massively scale up our production capabilities to make nutritious, delicious, and affordable dairy that will send cows into early retirement," he added.

According to Wolff, Remilk isn't just "dreaming big, we're acting upon our promise to dramatically reduce the food industry's devastating impact on our planet. Ending animals' historic role as providers of food for humankind is one of the most powerful measures we can take to reduce our impact on this planet."

The selection of this location was made possible through a partnership with the city of Kalundborg, Invest in Denmark (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark), the Danish Embassy in Israel, and the Israeli Embassy in Denmark.

Kalundborg Mayor Martin Damm said, "The Municipality of Kalundborg looks forward to welcoming the international company Remilk. The company's profile fits perfectly into our sustainability profile and with the Biotech City's other participants."

"When Remilk's plant for production of non-animal dairy products is completed, it will also be the world's largest precision fermentation facility. I see Remilk's choice of Kalundborg Municipality as a buy-in to our commitment to sustainability, high technology and education and our ability to enter a constructive dialogue with our stakeholders," Damm said.

"I am very happy to welcome Remilk to Denmark. This investment is a recognition of Denmark's position as a global leader in sustainable food production and innovation," said Anne Hougaard Jensen, director of Invest in Denmark at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Foodtech startup MeaTech 3D has successfully bioprinted a 3.67 oz (104-gram) cultivated steak, primarily composed of cultivated real fat and muscle cells, the Ness Ziona-based company announced Tuesday.

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MeaTech believes this to be the largest cultured steak produced to date.

"Today's breakthrough is the culmination of over one year's efforts in our cellular biology and high-throughput tissue engineering processes, as well as our precision bioprinting technology," said MeaTech CEO and CTO Sharon Fima.

"By bioprinting a 3.67 oz steak comprised of living tissue, we believe we have both validated our core technologies and placed ourselves at the forefront of the race to develop high-end, real cell-based cultivated premium meat products," Fima said.

The cells used to make the steak were produced using a proprietary process that isolates bovine stem cells from tissue samples and multiplies. Upon reaching sufficient cellular mass, stem cells were formulated into bio-inks compatible with MeaTech's proprietary 3D bio-printer. The bio-inks were printed from a digital design file of a steak structure. The printed product was placed in an incubator to mature, where the printed stem cells were differentiated into fat and muscle cells that develop into fat and muscle tissue, respectively, to form the MeaTech steak.

MeaTech's goal is to develop a true replacement for conventional steak that maximizes cell-based content rather than non-meat ingredients. The cultivated does not contain any soy or pea protein, substitutes typically used in plant-based meat alternatives.

The company intends to continue improving upon its bioprinting and cultivation technologies to produce cultivated meat that better mirrors the key characteristics of farm-raised, premium steak.

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Slaughter-free meat food tech startup Aleph Farms has announced a new program, Aleph Zero, which will make it possible to produce fresh meat grown from non-GMO cells at any location, making the supply of meat independent of climate change and available natural resources.

Aleph Farms is partnering with technology companies and space agencies on long-term collaborative R&D contracts that will help integrate its cell biology, tissue engineering, and food science innovations  into existing space programs through BioFarms in extraterrestrial environments. The company plans to apply the knowledge acquired from space sites to production facilities on Earth. 

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Aleph Farms co-founder and CEO Didier Toubia explained that "'Aleph Zero' represents the mathematical symbol of the smallest infinite number, and how Alph Farms brings space infinity closer by supporting deep-space exploration and colonization of new planets. The term also represents the company's vision for producing meat with near-zero natural resources." 

The Rehovot-based startup first experimented with producing  meat on the International Space Station a year ago, in collaboration with 3D Bioprinting Solutions. These trials resulted in new abilities to cultivate meat directly from various types of cow cells in microgravity environments. 

"The constraints imposed by deep-space-exploration − the cold, thin environment and the circular approach − force us to tighten the efficiency of our meat production process to much higher sustainability standards," Toubia noted. 

"The program 'Aleph Zero' reflects our mission of producing quality, delicious meat locally where people live and consume it, even in the most remote places on Earth like the Sahara Desert or Antarctica. Providing unconditional access to high-quality nutrition to anyone, anytime, anywhere," adds Toubia. "When people will live on the Moon or Mars, Aleph Farms will be there as well."

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