Shiok Meats Raises $4.6 Million Seed Round To Develop Cell-Based Shrimp

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Shiok Meats Raises $4.6 Million Seed Round To Develop Cell-Based Shrimp
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Shrimp cocktails may be getting a makeover, and given the sustainability profile of Shiok's 'clean shrimp,' it can't happen soon enough.

), Shiok and its female-led founders have their eyes set on disrupting the $40 billion shrimp market.

, disrupting trade around the globe. The US alone imports 110 million+ lbs. of shrimp every year, with twenty pounds of by-catch caught for each pound of wild shrimp. . And if that isn’t enough to dissuade consumers, 30% of shrimp products tested nationwide were misrepresented. Meaning, it’s not shrimp and actually some other sea creature we’re shoveling down our pie holes.Shiok Shrimp’s clean meat is grown under controlled and clean conditions. This means it eliminates any potential of food-borne diseases, bacterial/antibiotic resistance or harmful chemicals. Oh, and no slave labor.

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