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Israeli seafood startup Forsea Foods has unveiled a prototype of cell-cultivated freshwater eel a first of its kind with plans to introduce it commercially as early as next year.
Eel meat is unlike any other: it is fatty, tender, and ‘almost melts in your mouth’, explains Roee Nir, co-founder and CEO of Forsea Foods. The start-up is working to mimic these attributes with stem cells in a lab.