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Lab-grown fish fingers, anyone? Birds Eye owner explores cell-cultured seafood

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James Davey, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="An undated handout picture shows a battered BlueNalu cell-cultured fish. BlueNalu handout via Reuters" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/09/14/20210913-birds-eye-bluenalu-cellcultured-seafood.jpg"/><figcaption>An undated handout picture shows a battered BlueNalu cell-cultured fish. <em>BlueNalu handout via Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LONDON—Europe&#x27;s largest frozen food group and the maker of Birds Eye fish fingers has teamed up with US company BlueNalu to develop seafood products grown from cells in a laboratory rather than harvested from the oceans.</p><p>Nomad Foods, which also owns the Findus, Iglo, La Cocinera and Green Cuisine brands, told Reuters on Monday it aimed to commercialize cell-cultured seafood to help meet rising demand and to support efforts to safeguard the long-term sustainability of the planet&#x27;s fish stocks.</p><p>Through the tie-up, Nomad and BlueNalu will collaborate on market research and consumer insights, assess what is needed to gain the approval of regulators, and explore new business and product opportunities for European markets. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/01/28/21/hong-kong-cooks-up-lab-grown-fish-as-appetite-for-clean-meat-rises">Hong Kong cooks up lab-grown fish, as appetite for &#x27;clean meat&#x27; rises</a></li></ul><p>Europe is the largest importer of seafood in the world, with its citizens consuming more than three times as much as they produce, according to the European Union&#x27;s Blue Economy Report. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/02/20/lab-grown-meat-to-go-on-sale-in-singapore-in-world-first">Lab-grown meat to go on sale in Singapore in world first</a></li></ul><p>&quot;The importance of sustainability has never been more apparent, and the role of technology in delivering these needs is accelerating,&quot; said Nomad Foods Chief Executive Stéfan Descheemaeker.</p><p>The process developed by San Diego, Calif.-based BlueNalu sees living fish cells, isolated from the muscle, fat and connective tissue of a fish, fed the nutrition and care they need to multiply. They are then shaped into portions of seafood using practices commonly utilized in the food industry. There is no genetic modification.</p><p>Nomad, which operates and manufactures in 14 markets across Europe, is the world’s largest purchaser of sustainable wild caught fish.</p><p>It said its agreement with BlueNalu represented the first of its kind in Europe between a consumer packaged goods company and a cell-cultured seafood company.</p><p>BlueNalu is developing a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/28/20/singapores-shiok-meats-hopes-to-hook-diners-with-lab-grown-shrimp">Singapore&#x27;s Shiok Meats hopes to hook diners with lab-grown shrimp</a></li></ul><p>It focuses on fish species that are typically imported, difficult to farm-raise, are overfished or non-sustainable or typically contain higher levels of environmental contaminants. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/07/23/21/philippines-approves-gmo-golden-rice-commercial-production">Philippines approves GMO &#x27;golden rice&#x27; for commercial production</a></li></ul><p>BlueNalu&#x27;s tie-up with Nomad Foods follows already announced collaborations with Pulmuone Co Ltd. in South Korea, Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsubishi Corp. in Japan, and Thai Union in Thailand.</p><p>Rivals to BlueNalu include Bluu Biosciences, Finless Foods and Wild Type. (Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Edmund Blair)</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M2icJUgjfmI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Nomad Foods, Europe's largest frozen food group, says it aims to commercialize cell-cultured seafood to help meet rising demand. 

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Lab-grown fish fingers, anyone? Birds Eye owner explores cell-cultured seafood

James Davey,

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Published September 14, 2021 07:38 AM PHT

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