Herbal meat substitutes have been available to consumers for a long time.
But now, for the first time, farmed meat is allowed to be marketed.
The chicken meat in question has been created by muscle cells from animals and is then allowed to grow in bioreactors.
It will cost about as much as finer chicken meat, the company behind the product states.
They describe Singapore's decision as a "breakthrough for the global food industry" and say it hopes more countries will follow suit.
"Enormous development"
The development of lab-grown meat has gained considerable momentum in recent years.
In addition to San Francisco-based Eat Just, Israeli Future Meat Technologies and Bil Gates-backed company Memphis Meats are two of the biggest players.
- On the academic side, not much has happened, but it has gained enormous momentum on the commercial side, says Julie Gold, assistant professor of biomaterials at Chalmers University of Technology.
She believes that the rapid development is due to investors now feeling secure enough to enter the industry with capital.
- In the last two, three years, a number of start-up companies have been created around the world.
According to the bank Barclays, the market for meat alternatives may be worth the equivalent of SEK 1,200 billion over the next ten years, writes the BBC.
May take several years
Julie Gold believes that it will be a few more years before we can start to see lab-grown meat on store shelves.
But at the same time says that it is difficult to estimate how long it will take because it is difficult to gain insight into the companies.
- We do not know if the products are produced in such a way that large quantities can be produced and we also do not know if they are completely safe for humans yet, she says.