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Plant-based category marketing

Interest in plant-based products is growing, but many consumers still express skepticism about plant protein foods, or simply lack familiarity with the category. Category marketing campaigns to promote plant-based and alt protein products, independent of specific brands, can engender familiarity and showcase recent innovations. Campaigns can emphasize flavor, convenience, familiarity, nutrition, and other positive attributes. Category marketing can help expand existing markets, increase demand, and promote alternative proteins for new markets and use cases.

  1. Commercial
  2. Cultivated
  3. Demand Generation
  4. Distribution Channels
  5. Donors
  6. Ecosystem
  7. End Products
  8. Fermentation
  9. Industry
  10. Industry
  11. NGO's
  12. Plant-Based
  13. Policy
  14. Policy
  15. Policymakers
  16. Seafood-relevant
  17. Startups
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Facilitating import and export of alternative protein products

Many alternative protein companies are interested in exporting their products or ingredients, and this is matched by interest from businesses in many countries eager to import exciting products. But import/export is a complex endeavor with many legal, logistical, and administrative challenges. There are many opportunities for brokers, directories, legal firms, and service providers to facilitate global trade in alternative proteins, including consulting services on regulatory compliance, facilitating introductions to in-country distribution partners, and aggregating listings of government support programs and trade contacts.

  1. Academics
  2. Business Services
  3. Commercial
  4. Compliance
  5. Cultivated
  6. Distribution Channels
  7. Ecosystem
  8. Fermentation
  9. GFI
  10. Industry
  11. Industry
  12. NGO's
  13. Plant-Based
  14. Policy
  15. Policy
  16. Policymakers
  17. Species-agnostic
  18. Startups
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Alternative protein high school summer program

There is currently a lack of resources for high school students interested in alternative proteins. Students interested in entering this field would benefit from the creation of summer courses that provide motivated high school students with the theoretical background, hands on experience, and a network of peers to help foster their interest in alternative proteins. The aim of initiating such a program is to encourage students to pursue self-directed learning in this area, thus stimulating growth in the alternative protein community.

  1. Academics
  2. Cultivated
  3. Ecosystem
  4. Fermentation
  5. GFI
  6. Industry
  7. Industry
  8. NGO's
  9. Plant-Based
  10. Policy
  11. Science
  12. Species-agnostic
  13. Startups
  14. Workforce
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B2B bioreactor technology company

Alternative protein companies would benefit from the availability of off-the-shelf or customizable bioreactors for cultivated meat and fermentation-derived products. This need could be filled by increased investment in and support of existing companies (see "Related Efforts"), creation of new companies, or strategic pivots by companies currently producing bioreactor technology for other applications.

  1. Bioprocess design
  2. Commercial
  3. Cultivated
  4. Fermentation
  5. Industry
  6. Industry
  7. R&D
  8. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  9. Science
  10. Species-agnostic
  11. Startups
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Biomaterials for scaffolding

A handful of companies and researchers are developing scaffold materials for use in various steps of the cultivated meat production process, but to date the topic of scaffolding has been largely overshadowed by the challenge of producing cell mass at scale. This is a topic in need of much more research and development as the industry matures in order to enable the development of products that have meat-like structure and texture, which will be more appealing to consumers than unstructured meat products.

  1. Academics
  2. Commercial
  3. Cultivated
  4. Industry
  5. Industry
  6. R&D
  7. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  8. Research
  9. Scaffolding
  10. Science
  11. Seafood-relevant
  12. Startups
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