Singapore cultured seafood startup wins Nikkei Asia Award

Shiok Meats takes on food security with lab-grown shrimp, crab

20211215 Shiok Meats CEO Sandhya Sriram and CTO Ka Yi Ling

Shiok Meats co-founders CEO Sandhya Sriram, left, and Chief Technology Officer Ling Ka Yi pose with their lab-cultured seafood product. (Photo courtesy of Shiok Meats)

KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

December 20, 2021 05:00 JST

SINGAPORE -- A Singaporean startup that makes lab-cultured seafood has been named winner of the inaugural Nikkei Asia Award for its unique technology and potential benefit to society, Nikkei announced Monday.