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Mosa will now patiently await the verdict very patiently.
The approval process will take at least one and a half years.
To add insult to injury,the EUs regulatory process requires ingredients to be submitted individually.
This forcedMosa to deconstruct its burger.
It decided to start with cultivated fat the juiciest bit.
After that, the company will work on getting the green light for the muscle component.
Its a departure from the 100% lab-grown meat the company first promised us.
Nevertheless, its a quicker route to market.
Our initial products will combine cultivated and plant-based ingredients, leveraging our in-house expertise in both areas.
In April, Mosa secured40mn in funding,bringing its total raised to $147mn.
Despite strong backing, the company, and others like it, still face a long road ahead.
It is still expensive to produce and regulatory roadblocks havecooled investment.
We dont see our cultivated burgers as just competing with plant-based alternatives, said Bosch.
Story bySion Geschwindt
Sion is a freelance science and technology reporter, specialising in climate and energy.
