Mewery reveals cultivated pork made with micro-algae

Startup’s founder tastes prototype, says unique growth media adds nutrition to cultivated pork cells.

Czech Republic-based cultivated meat startup Mewery announced that it has developed the first prototype of cultured pork grown in its micro-algae-based media — and employees of the company tasted the product.

"Tasting the prototype was necessary so that we could conscientiously say whether the cultured meat is sensorially close to conventional meat," founder Roman Lauš…