Hamburger examples include the rice burger, where the bun is made of rice, and the luxury 1000-yen (US$10) "Takumi Burger" (meaning "artisan taste"), featuring avocados, freshly grated wasabi, and other rare seasonal ingredients. In terms of the actual patty, there are burgers made with Kobe beef, butchered from cows that are fed with beer and massaged daily. McDonald's Japan also recently launched a McPork burger, made with U.S. pork. McDonald's has been gradually losing market share in Japan to these local hamburger chains, due in part to the preference of Japanese diners for fresh ingredients and more refined, "upscale" hamburger offerings.
Mosa Meat Mosa Meat Mosa Meat is a Dutch food technology company, headquartered in Maastricht (the Netherlands) creating production methods for cultured meat. It was founded in October 2015, by Mark Post and Peter Verstrate. Post is a Professor of Vascular Physiology at Maastricht University and serves as Chief Scientific Officer of Mosa Meat. Verstrate is CEO at Mosa Meat and has a background in the processed meat industry, holding different positions at Sara Lee Corporation, Ahold, Smithfield Foods, Campofrío Food Group, Jack Links, and Hulshof Protein Technologies. Post and Verstrate have developed the world's first cultured meat hamburger in 2013, which