The Cultivated Meat Regulatory Approval Tracker (also published as “Where cultivated meat can be sold”) is an online resource mapping the global regulatory landscape for cultivated meat products. Developed by The Good Food Institute, the tool monitors which countries have approved these novel foods and tracks active regulatory reviews worldwide. For finance professionals, this tool provides essential commercial intelligence on market access timelines and regional compliance pathways within the emerging alternative protein sector.

Organisation behind the tool

The tool is developed and maintained by The Good Food Institute (GFI), an international non-profit organisation that promotes alternative proteins. GFI works globally, including in the United States, Europe, Brazil, India, Israel, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region, to ensure rigorous and fair food-safety regulatory processes for cultivated meat.

What the tool does

The tracker compiles and displays data regarding the global regulatory pathways for cultivated meat—which is meat grown directly from animal cells. Key features of the tool include:

• Tracking regions where cultivated meat can be sold, currently including Singapore, the United States, and Australia.
• Monitoring active regulatory reviews across at least eleven countries and regions, including the European Union, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Hong Kong, and South Korea.
• Identifying the companies that have received regulatory clearance to sell cultivated meat products.
• Providing access to cultivated meat regulatory milestones and breakthroughs recorded from 2022 to 2025.

Target audience

The primary users of this tool include alternative protein developers, researchers, policymakers, and cross-sector collaborators. It is also highly relevant to financial analysts, venture capitalists, and private investors seeking factual data on biotechnology commercialisation timelines.

Relevance to finance professionals

Finance professionals can apply the tracker’s findings to several core areas:

• Investment context: Helps investors monitor the development of the cultivated meat market, identifying areas requiring public and private investments (such as R&D, manufacturing, and infrastructure) and tracking the emergence of specialist business-to-business technology companies.
• Risk assessment: Allows financial analysts to evaluate regulatory risks by tracking which companies have achieved regulatory clearance and where products are undergoing active regulatory reviews.
• Market/commodity insights: Provides key market data on how agricultural innovations are scaling and their potential to impact traditional meat markets.
• ESG analysis: Offers insights into the potential of cultivated meat to transform the global food system for the better.