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The goal of #CultivatedMeat production is to significantly reduce the levels of meat consumption from industrial animal #agriculture and in turn reduce the associated negative impacts. However, to achieve this end, large quantities of meat will need to be produced affordably and efficiently. In this article, The Good Food Institute explains the bioprocess design parameters critical to the development of cultivated meat. #ARKInvest #ThematicInvesting #SustainableFood #Food

Cultivated meat promises to transform our food system - by producing real animal meat, without the animals. This transformational promise has attracted $3 billion in investments to date and has begun to overcome regulatory hurdles, securing approvals in 3 countries. However, significant challenges remain. Having visited players' facilities in this space, I have seen first-hand both the engineering feat achieved to date and formidable challenges ahead. To become mainstream, cultivated meat first needs to solve its cost structure to achieve parity with conventional meat production. Scaling up cultured meat cells from petri dishes to bioreactors is critical to achieving cost-effective production, but introduces challenges. Most of the existing technology used for cultivated meat comes from the biopharmaceutical industry, which isn't used to producing at the volumes required to meet food demand. The cultivated meat industry needs new tailored solutions - including larger reactors that despite their size still enable circulation and minimize harmful shear stress. Cultivated meat also needs more economic, yet still highly sterile cell culture media. The cultivated meat industry is making great strides towards more economic production, but significant technological improvement is still needed. Apart from cost challenges, navigating funding, managing CAPEX spending, tackling regulatory approvals, and meeting consumer preferences are key hurdles. The question remains: will cultivated meat producers rise to the challenge or will cultivated meat become an overvalued dream? 🔬 🧪 🥩 🔮 Reach out to our experts to learn more about how the industry is evolving. Alexander Belderok Sabrine Zerktouni Koen Besteman Sebastiaan Koenders Eesha Nayak Thijs van der Kamp #Sustainability #FoodTech #CultivatedMeat #FutureOfFood #AltProtein #FoodInnovation

🌱🚀 A brighter future for cultivated meat: SuperMeat’s breakthrough proves scale-up in cultivated meat production SuperMeat announcement showcases a major step forward in making sustainable, scalable meat production a reality. SuperMeat has unveiled a groundbreaking production process that could bring the cost of cultivated chicken to $11.79 per pound—a competitive price point that challenges high-end conventional poultry. Ido Savir, co-founder of SuperMeat, addresses the industry's skepticism head-on: “With the right technology, there is a commercially viable path to market.” By leveraging cutting-edge techniques like embryonic stem cells and high-density cell differentiation, they’re not just imagining a future of cultivated meat—they’re actively building it. Dr. Elliot Swartz, principal scientist at The Good Food Institute, sees this achievement as an inspiration for the entire industry: “My hope is that more companies will be inspired to share their own scaling strategies, allowing the field to evaluate trade-offs and hone in on the most tractable paths forward.” This is a moment of optimism for cultivated meat enthusiasts everywhere. As more companies share their data, we collectively move closer to the dream of sustainable, scalable, and affordable meat alternatives. SuperMeat’s recent achievements highlight that, with innovation and collaboration, we can overcome the challenges ahead. Read the full article >> https://lnkd.in/dDFGdhqk AgFunder | Elaine Watson

It is recent advancements in cellular agriculture — the process of using precision fermentation to produce genuine animal proteins — that is fueling interest and innovation. 🔽 More here from Donna Berry 🔽 https://ow.ly/1YE650QFFk6 #foodindustry #foodscience #dairy #dairyindustry

In the current situation, we mainly use soy and fish meal as a protein source in poultry feed. Even though it is cheap and readily available, it makes us dependent on import, it contributes to deforestation and overfishing and it competes with food production. If we include insects as a source of protein we can still provide high quality proteins to our chickens, and reduce the land and water use, profit from local productions and support a circular supply chain. However, currently the insects can only be fed on substrate that is also allowed as animal feed. So the insect production will have to compete with feed production. In the future it may be allowed to use additional organic residual streams from agriculture and food production, which makes the adoption of insects as protein source in poultry feed even more sustainable, but it may create a risk of contaminants in the substrate. Therefore the InsectFeed consortium studied the substrate safety for the insects and for chickens, the welfare of both the chickens fed with insects and of the insects in large-scale production, the growth of chickens and the quality of their eggs, and the economic viability of the insect value chain. Do you want to know what we found? Join our symposium “Insects as sustainable feed: an interdisciplinary approach” on the 12th of September: https://lnkd.in/exWWPcKm Or Come visit our family event in Schouwburg Junushoff (Gemeente Wageningen, NL) on the 28th of September: https://lnkd.in/eRcKkpjZ   InsectFeed is a collaboration between, among others University of Groningen, HAS green academy and Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen Social Sciences, Wageningen Animal Sciences)

The Cultured Meat Industry is a Nascent Industry that is Scaling Fast - https://lnkd.in/eBWUhEtS The cultured meat industry is a young but revolutionary industry, with the potential to change agricultural practices and human meat consumption as we know it. Cultured meat refers to meat created using cell culture techniques within a laboratory or manufacturing facility. It is produced by growing stem cells collected from cattle, chicken, pigs, fish, lamb, and other livestock and then differentiating them into the various meat components, such as muscle and adipose tissue. Some of the major investments were Cargill’s investment into Memphis Meats and Aleph Farms and investments by Tyson Foods Venture Fund into Memphis Meats and Future Meat Technologies. Also, the cultured meat industry saw its first Series B funding rounds and the first ever public-sector R&D funding in 2020 in both the United States (U.S.) and the European Union (EU). Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eBWUhEtS #cleanmeat #culturedmeat #labmeat

Cultivated meat, once a futuristic concept, is rapidly becoming a reality. Pioneering research has paved the way for the development of lab-grown meat products. From burgers to steaks, the range of cultivated meat options is expanding. While challenges remain, such as scaling production and securing regulatory approvals, the potential benefits of #cultivatedmeat are immense. This innovative technology offers a sustainable and ethical solution to the growing demand for meat, while minimizing the environmental impact of traditional livestock farming. As the industry continues to evolve, we can expect to see further advancements in cultivated meat technology, making it more affordable and accessible to consumers worldwide. Keep following us here at MeatAfora as we bring forth our technology that offers scalable, sustainable, cultivated meat solutions. Click below to read the full story: https://lnkd.in/d9RgURKf #cultivatedmeat #foodtech #futureoffood #sustainability #innovation #agriculture #alternativeprotein #history

The Cultured Meat Industry is a Nascent Industry that is Scaling Fast - https://lnkd.in/eZerRkm4 The cultured meat industry is a young but revolutionary industry, with the potential to change agricultural practices and human meat consumption as we know it. Cultured meat refers to meat created using cell culture techniques within a laboratory or manufacturing facility. It is produced by growing stem cells collected from cattle, chicken, pigs, fish, lamb, and other livestock and then differentiating them into the various meat components, such as muscle and adipose tissue. Some of the major investments were Cargill’s investment into Memphis Meats and Aleph Farms and investments by Tyson Foods Venture Fund into Memphis Meats and Future Meat Technologies. Also, the cultured meat industry saw its first Series B funding rounds and the first ever public-sector R&D funding in 2020 in both the United States (U.S.) and the European Union (EU). Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eZerRkm4 #cleanmeat #culturedmeat #labmeat

Very excited about our upcoming webinar with Dan Kittredge, founder of the The Bionutrient Institute and Bionutrient Food Association. The webinar is this Wednesday at 9am PST, 12 EST. The link to register can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gbe6v4Nc This webinar will cover: 🥕 The importance of an outcomes-focused approach to regenerative agriculture, with soil life and microbial function as key performance indicators of success. 🥩 The surprising results from the Bionutrient Institutes’ ongoing research on the broad variability of nutrient density across food crops and beef. 🏃♀️ The correlation between soil microbial life and nutrient density and how this relates to human health, animal nutrition, crop resilience, etc. 🍇 The correlation between nutrient density in food crops and improved phytonutrient profiles in wine grapes, and how these levels of phytonutrients can lead to improved wine quality. 📈 The low cost, hand-held device that Dan and his team developed to measure nutrient values in crops. Innovative methods for measuring and managing nutrient density in vineyards and diverse crops. And, we'll explore where Dan sees nutrient density heading in terms of supporting the growth of the regenerative movement. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn directly from Dan about how focusing on improving soil microbial function can lead to enhanced the nutritional quality of your crops (product differentiation anyone?) This webinar will also explore many of the themes I discussed in my recent article about the surprising findings of the Bionutrient Institutes multi year study: https://shorturl.at/JyjL2

Scalability and cost are major hurdles for the cultivated meat industry, because cultivated meat needs to be cheaper to compete with conventional meat. While companies have made significant progress (reducing manufacturing costs by 99% in less than a decade), cultivated meats are still not as cheap as conventional meat. Regulatory approval is another challenge because cultivated meat is a new technology. Aleph Farms has received approval from Israel's health ministry to sell cultivated steak, but is awaiting approval from other countries including the United States. Florida recently even banned the production and sale of cultivated meat. Read more about the challenges and the ways to reduce production costs, in the link below. https://lnkd.in/eiFZvZtC #cultivatedmeat  #productioncosts #innovation  #foodtech  #sustainability  #cellculture  #labgrownmeat