Mission Barns Receives FDA Approval for Cultivated Pork Fat, Announces Restaurant & Retail Launches

Mission Barns has become the first company in the world to receive regulatory clearance from the FDA for its cultivated pork fat. The FDA issued a “No Questions” letter after completing a thorough evaluation of Mission Barns’ safety assessment, deeming the product “as safe as comparable foods”. Following this approval, Fiorella, a prominent Italian restaurant group in San Francisco, will start using Mission Barns’ cultivated bacon and meatballs, while Sprouts Farmers Market will be the first US grocery store to sell cultivated meat.

Mission Barns, founded in 2018, offers Italian Style Cultivated Meatballs and Applewood Smoked Cultivated Bacon made with cultivated pork fat and plant protein. The company has taken a "fat-first approach" to its products, believing that fat is a key driver of flavor and juiciness, in addition to being more cost-effective and faster to produce than lean meat. By advancing cultivated meat production, Mission Barns aims to create a more resilient and reliable food system while promoting American leadership in food innovation.