Lab-grown meat firms hope for the taste of success
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The market for lab grown meat in the Netherlands is heating up, with the first ever European tasting for one company and a €40 million investment package for another. Mosa Meat announced on Tuesday it had secured a further €40 million in new capital. The company is currently preparing the first formal tastings of its cultivated beef in the Netherlands. The funding round, which Mosa Meat says was oversubscribed, includes new and existing partners, including the PHW Group, which is one of

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