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Synergistic climate and biodiversity benefits of alternative proteins

The direct climate and biodiversity benefits of alternative proteins are well understood by the alternative protein community, but the synergistic benefits of alternative proteins with other solutions—for example, clean energy and reforestation efforts—are often underappreciated. Leaning into these synergistic benefits can help efforts to build community with climate and conservation organizations and to drive engagement with policymakers.

  1. Academics
  2. Cultivated
  3. Demand Generation
  4. Donors
  5. Ecosystem
  6. Fermentation
  7. GFI
  8. Industry
  9. Investment
  10. Investors
  11. NGO's
  12. Plant-Based
  13. Policymakers
  14. Seafood-relevant
  15. Startups
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Hybrid products to optimize nutrition, taste, cost, and sustainability

Hybrid products are a promising means to introduce cost-competitive versions of cultivated meat to the market while improving the taste of plant proteins. Promoting the health benefits of hybrids may facilitate consumer acceptance, but more research is needed to identify the optimal ratios between plant-based and cultivated ingredients to increase nutrition without compromising flavor.

  1. Academics
  2. Commercial
  3. Cultivated
  4. Demand Generation
  5. End product formulation & manufacturing
  6. End Products
  7. Fermentation
  8. Industry
  9. Industry
  10. Ingredient optimization
  11. Investors
  12. Plant-Based
  13. Production
  14. R&D
  15. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  16. Science
  17. Species-agnostic
  18. Startups
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Animal-free, non-recombinant albumin and transferrin for cultivated meat

The identification of non-animal, non-recombinant proteins with similar functionality to serum albumin and transferrin will lead to major cost reductions in cell culture media development, facilitating progress toward achieving price parity with cultivated meat.

  1. Academics
  2. Cell culture media
  3. Commercial
  4. Crop development
  5. Cultivated
  6. Industry
  7. Industry
  8. Investors
  9. Plant-Based
  10. Production
  11. R&D
  12. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  13. Research
  14. Science
  15. Species-agnostic
  16. Startups
  17. Target molecule selection
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Metabolic modeling for cultivated meat

Academic researchers or consortia consisting of several cultivated meat companies should undertake research aimed at understanding metabolic pathways and fluxes within cultivated meat-relevant cell types. The outputs of this research could be used to improve the efficiency of media optimization efforts and to enhance the organoleptic and nutritional properties of cultivated meat products.

  1. Academics
  2. Bioprocess design
  3. Cell culture media
  4. Cell line development
  5. Cultivated
  6. Industry
  7. Investors
  8. R&D
  9. Research
  10. Science
  11. Seafood-relevant
  12. Startups
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Affordable animal-free omega-3 ingredients for alternative seafood and other alternative protein applications

In order to appeal to health-conscious consumers, alternative seafood products should contain similar omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA and EPA, content to conventional seafood. Animal-free omega-3 ingredients can be expensive and supply can be inconsistent. Scaling up animal-free omega-3 production is critical to the success of the global alternative seafood market, which is seeing increased attention and promising growth. Adding omega-3 to other alternative protein products could also provide a great point of differentiation while improving health appeal.

  1. Bioprocess design
  2. Commercial
  3. Crop development
  4. Fermentation
  5. Host strain development
  6. Industry
  7. Industry
  8. Ingredient optimization
  9. Investment
  10. Investors
  11. Plant-Based
  12. Production
  13. R&D
  14. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  15. Seafood
  16. Startups
  17. Target molecule selection
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Preventing oxidation of omega-3 fatty acids before and after addition to alternative seafood products

Deeper fundamental knowledge of the causes and prevention of oxidation of omega-3 fatty acids before, during, and after addition to alternative seafood products is needed to improve their nutritional and organoleptic properties. While several approaches to prevent oxidation of unsaturated lipids in conventional seafood products have been developed, antioxidation methods must be tailored to the formulations and processing of alternative seafood products, or perhaps new methods must be developed altogether.

  1. Academics
  2. Bioprocess design
  3. Crop development
  4. Cultivated
  5. End product formulation & manufacturing
  6. End Products
  7. Fermentation
  8. Host strain development
  9. Industry
  10. Industry
  11. Ingredient optimization
  12. Investment
  13. Investors
  14. Plant-Based
  15. Production
  16. R&D
  17. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  18. Research
  19. Science
  20. Seafood
  21. Startups
  22. Target molecule selection
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Coordination among investors with alternative protein industry-specific expertise

Investors specializing in alternative proteins should be leveraged to educate the broader investment community through coalitions, syndicated deals, and co-investments with industry-agnostic investors, and spearhead efforts to facilitate later-stage funding like debt and inventory financing.

  1. 2 - Early adoption
  2. Commercial
  3. Cultivated
  4. Ecosystem
  5. Fermentation
  6. GFI
  7. Industry
  8. Investment
  9. Investors
  10. Plant-Based
  11. Species-agnostic
  12. Startups