The slow road to retail: How consumers are dictating cultivated meat’s strategy

Although cultivated meat received regulatory approval last year, it likely won’t appear on grocery store shelves soon due to high production costs, limited manufacturing capacity, and consumer hesitation. Companies are still working to refine technologies and scale up operations, with experts predicting it will take several more years for widespread retail availability. Brian Sylvester said, "The timeline for cultivated meat to reach the mass market is measured in years, not months."