Singapore cultured shrimp meat maker fights for fishery resources

Shiok Meats' founders overcome hardship with faith in seafood substitutes

20210303 Sandhya Sriram Shiok Meats CEO

Sandhya Sriram's Shiok Meats has quickly become a food-tech leader with its cultured lobster and shrimp meat. (Photo by Sharas Clickz)

TAKASHI NAKANO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- In 2018, Sandhya Sriram, CEO of Shiok Meats, took a ferry from Marina South Pier to St. John's Island, 6.5 km off the main island of Singapore, every morning as she worked to build up their lab-grown shellfish meat company from scratch.

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