Australian Startup to Participate in UK Initiative to Improve Lab-Grown Food Safety

Vow’s parfait and foie gras made from cultured Japanese quail are already being sold in Singapore and Hong Kong, under the brand Forged.

Lab-grown meat is presented in the Disgusting Food Museum in Los Angeles, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2018. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images

Australian food-tech startup Vow has been selected to participate in the UK’s regulatory sandbox initiative aimed at improving consumer safety and fostering innovation in cell-cultivated foods.

This move places Vow among a group of international companies working to shape the future of alternative proteins.