Fork & Good

What Fork & Good does

Fork & Good is a Brooklyn-based food technology company producing cultivated beef and pork via a proprietary bioprocessing method that the company describes as a 'hydroponic system for meat.' The process starts with cells taken from a live animal, which are reared in nutrient-rich feed and developed into meat recipes; the underlying method integrates principles from cell biology with density-optimized urban-farming concepts to grow higher volumes of cells with a smaller footprint than conventional meat production. The company holds what it characterizes as the first patent granted in the cultivated meat space covering this approach. Founded around technology originally invented by Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder Gabor Forgacs in 2011, the company operates a pilot production facility in Jersey City and acquired Orbillion Bio in November 2025 to expand cultivated red meat production globally.

The company is pre-commercial. Its current business model combines direct production partnerships for scaled manufacturing—with Nutreco and Extracellular signed in October 2025—with strategic investor backing from True Ventures, Leaps (Bayer), Collab Fund, Green Monday Ventures, Firstminute capital, and Starlight. The $22 million raised in March 2023 is funding pilot operations and the Orbillion integration. Stated end customers are health-conscious consumers seeking sustainable protein and food retailers/restaurants seeking differentiated alternative-protein SKUs, with the explicit commercial goal of achieving cost parity with conventional meat rather than premium pricing.

Commercial channels remain at the pilot stage: the demonstration facility is sized to supply the annual meat demand of approximately 15 families, products are not available at retail scale, and the company leans on earned media (Washington Post, AgFunder News) and a LinkedIn-driven employer brand for top-of-funnel awareness. Fork & Good sells into a cultivated meat market projected to reach $0.63B by 2030 at a 17.7% CAGR, an industry that itself contracted from 155 to 140 companies between 2024 and 2025.

Name

Fork & Good

Legal name

Fork & Good, Inc.

Website

https://forkandgood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fork & Good is a Brooklyn-based cultivated meat company producing beef and pork via a patented 'hydroponic system for meat' bioprocessing method, operating a Jersey City pilot facility and targeting cost parity with conventional meat for sustainable protein consumers and food retail partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultivated Meat

NAICS

Animal Slaughtering and Processing (31161), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116)

SIC

Meat Packing Plants (2011), Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultivated Meat Producers (Cell-Cultured Meat & Seafood) (AFANAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultivated (Cell-Based) Protein Foods Manufacturing (AFAKAGAI), Bioprocessing & Fermentation Manufacturing (Bioreactors, Scale-Up, Toll/CMO) (AFANAKAF), Finished Meat-Alternative Prepared Foods (Nuggets, Burgers, Sausages, Ready Meals) (AFANAKAO)

Keywords

• Cultivated meat
• Cell-based protein
• Alternative protein
• Bioprocessing technology
• Sustainable meat production

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Cultivated Meat Product Sales: The company produces and sells cultivated pork and beef products. Revenue is generated through direct sales of cultivated meat to consumers and potentially through retail partnerships once commercial scale is achieved.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fork & Good produces cultivated (cell-based) beef and pork meat using a proprietary bioprocessing approach described as a 'hydroponic system for meat.' The process takes cells from a live animal and rears them in nutrient-rich feed until sufficient yield is achieved, then develops them into meat products. The company operates a pilot facility in Jersey City and acquired Orbillion Bio in November 2025 to expand global cultivated meat production capabilities.

Product overview

Fork & Good offers a single unified product line centered on cultivated beef and pork, produced via a proprietary patented bioprocessing technology that the company describes as a 'hydroponic system for meat.' The process starts with cells from live animals, which are reared in nutrient-rich feed in compact facilities, then harvested and developed into meat products. The company operates a pilot facility in Jersey City producing cultivated pork and acquired Orbillion Bio in November 2025 to expand global production capabilities for cultivated red meat.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cultivated Beef & Pork Real beef and pork meat produced by cultivating animal cells in nutrient-rich feed using Fork & Good's patented 'hydroponic system for meat' bioprocess. The product is antibiotic-free, made without slaughter, and designed for everyday consumption at cost parity with conventional meat. Target customers are health- and sustainability-conscious consumers and food companies seeking differentiated protein supply.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% lower carbon footprint compared to conventional meat
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NutrecocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 October 2025Fork & Good partnered with Nutreco for scaled production of cultivated beef and pork. Nutreco provides production expertise and infrastructure to support commercial scaling of cultivated meat products.
• ExtracellularcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 October 2025Fork & Good partnered with Extracellular for scaled production of cultivated beef and pork. Extracellular provides bioprocessing and production capabilities for cultivated meat manufacturing.
• Orbillion BiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 October 2025Fork & Good acquired Orbillion Bio in November 2025 to expand globally and strengthen production capabilities in cultivated red meat. This acquisition brings Orbillion's technology and expertise into the Fork & Good portfolio.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Upside Foods: Leading cultivated meat company producing cell-based chicken, beef, and seafood. Direct competitor in the same product category, pursuing cultivated real meat from animal cells with similar regulatory pathway and target customer base.
• Good Meat (Eat Just): Cultivated chicken producer and subsidiary of Eat Just, first company to receive regulatory approval for sale of cultivated meat. Closely comparable business model and product category (real meat from animal cells), and a direct competitor for retail and foodservice partnerships.
• Mission Barns: Cultivated pork and beef fat producer using cell-based technology. Direct competitor focused on the same cultivated pork niche as Fork & Good, with a strong foodservice and retail distribution thesis.
• Mosa Meat: Dutch cultivated beef company that produced the world's first cultivated beef hamburger in 2013. Direct competitor focused on cultivated red meat (beef), with similar bioprocessing technology stack and long-term commercialization roadmap.
• Aleph Farms: Israeli cultivated beef company producing cell-based steaks. Direct competitor in cultivated red meat with similar product focus (whole-cut beef) and target markets of premium and mainstream consumers.
• Meatable: Dutch cultivated meat company producing pork and beef using a proprietary scalable bioprocess. Direct competitor in cultivated pork and beef with comparable technology approach and European/global ambitions.
• Wildtype: San Francisco-based cultivated seafood company producing cell-based salmon. Peer in the broader cultivated real-meat category with similar bioprocessing technology and sustainability narrative, though focused on seafood rather than pork/beef.
• BlueNalu: Cultivated seafood company producing cell-based fish, shrimp, and tuna. Peer in cultivated meat/seafood using cell-biology and bioprocessing, comparable go-to-market approach targeting foodservice and retail channels.
• Future Meat Technologies: Israeli cultivated meat company focused on scalable, cost-effective production of cell-based chicken, beef, lamb, and pork. Direct competitor with similar cost-parity thesis and proprietary bioprocessing technology.

Emerging players

• Believer Meats (formerly Eat Just's cultivated meat competitor): Cultivated meat company building a large-scale commercial facility for cell-based meat production. Peer in cultivated meat with similar regulatory pathway and production scale-up ambitions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fork-goode-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors7 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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