The film is adapted from a monologue written by Sunday Emerson Gullifer as part of the Australian Theatre for Young People's National Studio and the Voices Project. Film adaptations of other Voices Project monologues have been produced by ATYP to great acclaim including The Language of Love (2013), Bat Eyes (2012), Boot (2012), Twisted (2014) and This Feral Life (2014). However, while the monologue was developed through ATYP, this film was not produced by them.
Actors Sam Delich and Rose Riley went to drama school together at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and both appeared in Black Swan Theatre Company's production of Flood earlier in 2014. David Ouch was also in their year at WAAPA.
Actors Jon Prasida and Alex Beauman also appear together in the television series, Hiding (2015), which was shooting at the same time as MEAT.
The film was developed through Metro Screen's Breaks program and partially funded by Metro Screen and Screen NSW.
The film was largely shot at St. Andrew's College at the University of Sydney. A functioning college, the cast and crew worked around student life over two weekends.