Aleph Farms and 3D Bioprinting Solutions collaborate to create slaughter-free meat

Aleph Farms is an Israeli startup that has developed a method to produce cultivated beef steaks. This method mimics the natural process of muscle-regeneration occurring inside the cow’s body, but under controlled conditions. The startup successfully 3D printed meat on the International Space Station – far away from any natural resources – its partner on this project is 3D Bioprinting Solutions, which lent its technology to facilitate this advancement. Aleph Farms’ mission is to provide access to safe and nutritious meat anytime and anywhere on earth, while using minimal resources. In order to learn more about this project, and its implications for our current production methods, we interviewed Didier Toubia, co-founder and CEO of Aleph Farms.

3DN: Can you present Aleph Farms to us?

Aleph Farms is a food company and global leader in the cultivated meat industry. Comprised by a passionate and devoted team of professionals, the company is making tangible impact in solving humanity’s greatest challenges today, including climate change and food shortages. Aleph Farms has been working side-by-side with 3D Bioprinting Solutions throughout this year in a fruitful cooperation which led to this historical achievement.

Didier Toubia, Co-Founder and CEO of Aleph Farms | Image via Aleph Farms

3DN: When Aleph Farms created? What is its mission?

Aleph Farms was co-founded in 2017 with the Israeli food-tech incubator, The Kitchen which is a part of the Strauss group, a global food and beverages company as well as with Prof. Levenberg from the Technion, a world leader in the space of tissue engineering.