Parima Wins Singapore Approval for Cell-Cultured Duck, Expands Poultry Portfolio

Parima’s latest Singapore approval is more than another box ticked. On April 15, Parima said the Singapore Food Agency had authorized its cell-cultured duck, giving the company a second green light in the city-state after its cultivated chicken approval in October 2025.

That sequence matters because Singapore is not treating cultivated meat as a thought experiment. The Singapore Food Agency’s novel food framework explicitly includes cell-based, cultured and cultivated meat, and its science-based review system has already made the country the first in the world to approve a cultured meat product for sale, when it cleared Eat Just’s cultivated chicken in December 2020. By March 17, 2026, the agency had also published its first public List of Approved Novel Foods, which showed 14 approved products and underscored how much of the early cultivated-protein regulatory story is being written there.

For Parima, the duck decision suggests the company is moving from isolated regulatory progress to a broader product strategy. The company says it is the first cultivated meat firm to secure approval across two animal species, chicken and duck, and trade reporting says the duck application was filed in 2024. Parima was formed in October 2025 through Gourmey’s acquisition of Vital Meat, so the Singapore approvals are arriving quickly after the merger and are already giving the new company a clearer commercial identity.

Nicolas Morin-Forest said Parima intends to launch cultivated duck first through high-end gastronomy in Singapore before expanding into broader commercial channels. That staged approach fits the economics of the category. Cultivated duck has a clearer premium-culinary identity than many commodity proteins, which makes it a natural fit for chef-led menus, upscale tasting formats and controlled retail introductions before any broader foodservice rollout.

The company is also signaling that Singapore is only the beginning. Parima’s broader regulatory pipeline still includes filings in the European Union, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, including applications for cultivated foie gras and chicken. In October 2025, Parima said its broader regulatory pipeline included eight active filings across major international markets, reinforcing the idea that it is building a multi-jurisdiction strategy rather than betting on a single approval market.

Singapore’s appeal as a proving ground goes beyond symbolism. The Singapore Food Agency says higher-risk meat sources must be accredited before import, and it uses science-based risk management, including post-import inspection and sample testing. That makes each new cultivated-protein approval in Singapore a meaningful commercial signal, not just a regulatory headline. Parima’s duck clearance suggests the category is beginning to stack those signals, one product and one species at a time.