Vital Meat
Vital Meat develops cultivated chicken food ingredients and a scalable cell-culture-based platform for producing meat directly from cells, aiming to reduce water and energy use while lowering environmental impact. Its VitalChicken is positioned as an ingredient that food companies can integrate into products such as nuggets and other chicken applications.
verified 17 July 2026
↗ About Vital Meat↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)Fact sheet
- Founded in 2018↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)↗ About Vital Meat↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)
- HQ in France (listed as Nantes by Vital Meat/LinkedIn)↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)↗ About Vital Meat↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)
- Cultivated meat company producing cultivated chicken grown from cells↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)↗ About Vital Meat↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)
- Operates a cell-culture/scalable technology platform targeting first commercialization of a chicken product (VitalChicken)↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)↗ About Vital Meat↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)
- VitalChicken is described as an ingredient for food companies to integrate into their product lines↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)↗ About Vital Meat↗ Vital Meat (a PARIMA company)
- Vital Meat's cultivated chicken regulatory filing in the UK has entered the risk assessment stage↗ UK issues fresh cultivated meat guidance as EU trade pact could put approvals at risk · 2026-07-15
- PARIMA (Vital Meat's successor) keeps cell lines, media, and regulatory expertise in-house while outsourcing capital-heavy production steps↗ New Viewpoint Argues Cultivated Meat Has Solved the Science and Now Needs the Orders - Cultivated X · 2026-07-14
- PARIMA entered the market through cultivated foie gras as a premium product capable of absorbing high production costs↗ New Viewpoint Argues Cultivated Meat Has Solved the Science and Now Needs the Orders - Cultivated X · 2026-07-14
Connections
- PARIMA — PARIMA is the entity formed from Gourmey's acquisition of Vital Meat, under which Vital Meat's cultivated poultry operations continue.↗ 仏PARIMA、Vowの22,000L製造ラインで細胞性アヒルを数トン規模生産｜共有インフラ活用で資本集約度を低減へ - Foovo -フードテックニュースの専門メディア-
- PARIMA — PARIMA was formed in 2025 through a merger with Vital Meat.↗ PARIMA (creators of Gourmey)
- Vow — PARIMA (Vital Meat's successor entity) utilizes Vow's 22,000L manufacturing line for large-scale cellular poultry production.↗ 仏PARIMA、Vowの22,000L製造ラインで細胞性アヒルを数トン規模生産｜共有インフラ活用で資本集約度を低減へ - Foovo -フードテックニュースの専門メディア-
Recent developments
A new industry viewpoint uses PARIMA — the French company formed when Gourmey acquired Vital Meat — as a case study, arguing cultivated meat has solved its core science challenges and now needs commercial orders. PARIMA keeps cell lines, media, and regulatory expertise in-house while outsourcing capital-heavy production.
Read more ↗cultivated-x.com14 JulVital Meat's cultivated chicken filing with UK regulators has entered the risk assessment stage, making it one of the furthest-advanced applications in the UK cultivated meat approval process. New UK guidance has been issued amid concerns that an EU trade pact could jeopardize those approvals.
Read more ↗thecooldown.com15 JulGourmey (the parent entity of PARIMA/Vital Meat, trading as Suprême SAS) has filed an application with FSANZ seeking approval for cell-cultured duck biomass in Australia and New Zealand, with FSANZ calling for public submissions in July 2026.
Read more ↗apfoodonline.com14 Jul