Chef Marcus Samuelsson Invests In Aleph Farms, Plans To Serve Aleph Cuts Cultivated Steaks

Jun 07, 2023•over 2 years ago

RehovotFood ProcessingFood And BeverageAgriculture and Farming

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Aleph Farms

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Aleph Farms, a cellular agriculture company designing new ways to grow quality animal products, today announced that Chef Marcus Samuelsson is joining the company as an investor, culinary advisor and launch partner. Through much of his rise to fame as the celebrity chef behind 13 restaurants around the world, a New York Times best-selling author and a TV personality, Samuelsson has been using his unique background to elevate diversity in the culinary world. As part of this designation, he will work closely with Aleph Farms as it approaches commercialization of Aleph Cuts, the world’s first cultivated steaks, providing a new take on steak.

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Aleph Farms

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Rehovot, Center District, Israel

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Aleph Farms is a food technology company. We design new ways to grow quality animal products that improve sustainability, food security, and animal welfare in our food systems. Founded in 2017, we utilized cellular agriculture technology to unveil the world’s first cultivated thin-cut steak in 2018, the world’s first cultivated ribeye steak in 2021, and cultivated collagen in 2022. Under our product brand, Aleph Cuts, we will launch our first product, the Petit Steak, grown from the non-modified cells of a premium Angus cow. For our contributions to climate leadership including a net zero commitment made in 2020, we have received top accolades from the World Economic Forum and the United Nations.

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