Cell cultivated meat is beginning to become more widely accepted globally. But is cell cultivated milk next?

‍What’s happening:‍

• German based startup Senara has come out of stealth mode and unveiled what they believe to be the first cell cultivated milk in Europe
  

The big idea:‍

• Senara leverages cellular agriculture to produce milk with the same nutritional benefit of animal derived milk but without any bacteria or antibiotic residue that can be caused by dairy farming
  
• Instead of needing to source cell lines from cows themselves, Senara has developed a process of sourcing cells isolated from the milk of healthy cows
  

Why it matters:‍

• Animal agriculture and dairy farming are one of the largest emitters of carbon and greenhouse gases globally
  

Going deeper:‍

• All the essential nutrients in animal derived milk are present in Senara’s cell cultivated milk, including casein and whey
  
• Senara is also working on developing lactose free milk in order to be accessible to individuals who have dairy allergies or intolerances
  

The intrigue:‍

• Senara has even developed their own energy efficient bioreactor for producing their cell cultivated milk, which has been a well known obstacle for many cell cultivated meat startups trying to achieve commercial scale