“Lou Cooperhouse has said the team are just months away from producing a first in the world of cell-based food. The aim is to produce whole muscle, medallion-size pieces of yellowtail amberjack, followed by mahi mahi...”
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“Besides eliminating toxic chemicals like mercury, cellular aquaculture can also create fish in its final filet form. You might never have to peel a shrimp or pull a fishbone out of your teeth again.”
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“Lou Cooperhouse is a globally-recognized expert in food innovation, technology commercialization and business incubation. His 35-year career in the food industry has been at the forefront of new culinary trends, and he has been and industry pioneer in the utilization of numerous food technologies…”
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“There are also innovations with cell-based meat... BlueNalu is growing cell-based seafood.”
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“Just like Professor Post, BlueNalu employees extract muscle cells from a particular fish to grow in a lab. Ultimately the vision for these cells is to be cultivated in a lab until they grow large sheets of whole muscle tissue that can then be packaged for sale."
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“Within ten years, BlueNalu expects to be one of the first companies to launch lab-grown seafood on an industrial scale that is price competitive with traditional farm-raised and wild fish. BlueNalu has already begun preparations for meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration to determine the processes it will need to complete.”
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“Companies like Wild Type, BlueNalu, and Finless Foods wager that, in the age of Silicon Valley-masterminded plant-based burgers, there’s space and hunger for seafood grown in the lab.”
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“Mahi mahi, Chilean sea bass, orange roughy, crab and lobster are all premium species Cooperhouse said his company is targeting at this time. He said he's not interested in making a big splash with a product that disappoints.”
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"Cooperhouse reiterated that his company was five years from being able to sell his products commercially, but said it would offer a wide slew of fish varieties and be as inexpensive as the wild-caught or farm-raised fish being replicated within five years of being on the market."
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"Unlike the plant-based Impossible Burger, what BlueNalu are creating is basically meat grown from cells so they can control production and what is produced and it doesn't have a long term effect on fish stocks"
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"Challenges currently sidetracking the global seafood industry, such as overfishing, illegal fishing, rising ocean temperatures and contaminated fish, make it absolutely necessary to find ways to make seafood more sustainable"
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"Cell based seafood is a new solution in which real seafood is produced from the cells of the fish."
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"As the global demand for seafood continues to rise, one San Diego company has come up with a scientific solution to try and keep up with supply."
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"What if the fish in your favorite sushi came from a lab instead of the ocean?...That technology is being created, as we speak, by a company right here in San Diego."
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"They also packed an impressive advisory board, including research and development, and regulatory executives from Campbell's, Pepsi Co, and Nestle."
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Here are some highlights from our Earth Day ribbon-cutting ceremony at our new facility.
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The celebration included remarks from federal, county, and city leadership, as well as remarks from celebrity chef Roy Yamaguchi.
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"One of the things that we have found that is really interesting about these cell culture type of fish is that Chinese consumers....are really interested in this cell culture because of the purity."
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"‘Consumers are changing. They're looking at health. They're focused on the planet. This is not a fad or a trend — this is happening,’ says Cooperhouse. ‘We will produce real seafood products directly from fish cells.’”
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“The plan is to open its first factory in five years and use is as a model to expand to up to 20 factories around the world in the 15 to 20 years that follow.”
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