Making meat in Africa
Meat has been an integral part of culture and tradition since our first human ancestors started enjoying it thousands of years ago. We savour the taste of meat, use it as the basis of social gatherings, and revere it as a rich form of protein. Its current production, however, comes at a great cost...
At Mzansi Meat Co. we're working to bring tasty, healthy meat to your braai’s, potjie's and shisanyama’s by growing it from cells instead of taking it from animals.
This is cultivated meat,
and we’re on a mission to transform how we think about food, while continuing to eat what we love.
100% delicious
0% nasty stuff
Take a closer look at our work
Why Cultivated Meat?
For the Environment
Animal agriculture utilises over 80% of the world’s habitable land, 30% of our freshwater supply, and is a major contributor of deforestation. Growing population and increased popularity of meat-heavy diets is predicted to lead to scarcity and rising prices.
For Our Health
Antibiotics are important for ensuring livestock health. Unfortunately, their overuse has led to an upsurge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Our cultivation process, on the other hand, requires no antibiotics, is sterile and doesn't generate any stress hormones.
For the Animals
Animals produce what we consume in a really inefficient way. Despite that, over 60 billion land animals are slaughtered around the world for food every year, most of them living in crowded, unsanitary conditions and killed using cruel, stress-inducing methods..
Why Us?
Pioneering Biology
Our cell harvesting methods are cruelty-free, and by using exclusively serum-free culture medium and growth factors, you can rest assured that our products will be both fast-growing and sustainable.
Trailblazing Engineering
We're testing a wide combination of animal-free biomaterials, hydrogels, plant cellulose and yeast cultures in order to engineer the optimal scaffolds and develop the traditional tastes and textures you know and love.
Ethical Values
We commit to following morally upstanding processes and plan to be transparent in terms of our technical cell culturing methods. It is our hope to become a guiding light for responsible cellular agriculture practices and sustainably produced cultivated meat in Africa.
