A Dutch food technology company, headquartered in the Netherlands creating production methods for cultured meat

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Why change how we make meat?

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By 2050, global meat demand will be 70% higher. Our planet doesn't have enough land and water to produce this much meat using animals. Trying to do so would devastate the environment

Mosa meat is committed to creating a sustainable way to make real meat

The Objective​

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To research and discover how Mosa Meat is a disruptive and social innovation

Design Solution 

Generative Research

Create world’s first slaughter-free meat

The first government-funded research on cultured meat took place in the Netherlands; Dutch government agency SenterNovem funded cultured meat research from 2005 to 2009. The research program was initiated by Willem Van Eelen, an 86-year-old entrepreneur who had been fascinated by cultured meat for decades and had filed a patent on the idea in 1997

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• In 2013, Mark Post unveiled the world’s first hamburger made by growing cow cells, rather than slaughtering an animal

• Now they're developing the first commercial products. Mission is to produce real meat for the world’s growing population that is healthier, better for the environment, and kind to animals

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Mark Post, co-founder and CSO 

Engagement and Findings 

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By 2050, worldwide meat consumption is predicted to increase by 73%, according to a 2011 United Nations report, so the potential market for clean meat is huge. But there’s one question looming over the industry: Will we want to eat it? - Fastcompany

Testing the Meat​

• 2013, critics and an invited audience of journalists tasted the paties and felt it to be “rather like” meat

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• Austrian food researcher Ms Ruetzler said: "I was expecting the texture to be softer. There is some intense taste; it's close to meat, but it's not that juicy. The consistency is perfect, but I miss salt and pepper”

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• Food writer Mr Schonwald said: "The mouthfeel is like meat. I miss the fat, there's a leanness to it, but the general bite feels like a hamburger

Gauging Interest 

Hypothetical research to gauge the demand for clean meat highlighted some challenges:

Research found that some people are unwilling to eat clean meat because they perceive it

to be unnatural

But, there are plenty of unnatural substances in our diets. Bread, cheese, yoghurt, and wine, for example, are derived from natural ingredients that

are processed

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One scientific paper argues that we’re least likely to perceive something as natural when a gene from another species is added to it (versus chemicals). 

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Implementation Strategy ​

“People are eating meat today with their eyes squeezed shut. Nobody wants to even think about slaughterhouses when we have the two products side by side, I don’t think it is going to be hard to persuade people to switch.”

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- Bruce Friedrich, co-founder of the Good Food Institute

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Will people eat it?

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Preliminary research shows that clean meat has an image problem, 43% of people would prefer to eat animal-based meat rather than clean meat

One popular comparison that’s been made is Sushi. 50 years ago, Japanese cuisine was unpopular in the United States, with sushi going from ‘gross’ to a favourite dish

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Cutting Costs & Actualization

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Mosa Meats just raised 7.5 million euros to continue its pursuit of mass-producing sustainable meat by the year 2021. They are aiming to get the first lab-grown meat product to market by 2021 at $10 per patty

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1. Why the project is important 

LAB CREATED MEAT IS THE FUTURE

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• Cultured meat could solve the coming food crisis, and help combat climate change

• If we want to continue to eat meat, we need a more efficient production method, Mosa Meat is providing us with a solution

A NEW APPROACH TO MEAT CAN HELP END HUNGER​

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• One in nine people are hungry. And there will be nearly 20% more mouths to feed in 2030 than there are today​

• Some of the industry’s biggest players are throwing their weight behind it. Tyson Foods has partnered with the Israeli company Future Meat Technologies and Memphis Meats. 

  • In Europe, Mosa Meat boasts several household name investors, including Google’s Sergey Brin, the venture capital arm of Merck, and Bell Food Group

 3. How others might get involved in this

kind of project in the future

 2. What tools, methods or frameworks

that helped through the project

YOU NEED AN INNOVATION STRATEGY​

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• Mosa Meat research explains how they connected innovation to a strong strategy:

  • Livestock contributes significantly to global warming through unchecked releases of methane, a greenhouse gas 20-30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. It is projected that cultured meat will generate up to 96% lower greenhouse gas emissions, helping us avoid the disastrous consequences of climate change

 Analysis 

Why Mosa is disruptive innovation

Although the current cost of a Mosa burger is roughly 10 euro, the company plans to cut costs further with additional rounds of funding

Once the costs undercut those of the existing market, Mosa will have disrupted by making a product that is cheaper, more accessible, more convenient and simple

Why Mosa is a social innovation

In addition to the positive effects the disruption will create for consumers and businesses, Mosa will have  a positive effect on the environment, our resources (including animals) 

and our bodies

Ultimately when it is less expensive than standard meat production, more people will be able to eat healthily