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Plant-based ingredient analytical and characterization service

Plant-based food manufacturers often struggle with batch-to-batch ingredient inconsistency and variability between suppliers. Better analytical tools for predicting plant-based ingredient performance could improve manufacturing efficiency and create more transparent ingredient markets. Tools are needed to predict how ingredients will perform after various processing methods and in end-product applications like plant-based meat and dairy.

  1. Academics
  2. Compliance
  3. Crop development
  4. End product formulation & manufacturing
  5. End Products
  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. Research
  16. Science
  17. Species-agnostic
  18. Startups
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Biological processing methods for isolating protein ingredients

Processing crops into flours, isolates, and concentrates often relies on chemical and mechanical methods. Biological processing techniques may impart the desired composition and molecular structure for optimal functionality with increased precision, lower cost, and greater suitability for small-scale processing. Biological processing techniques include using enzymes to fine-tune functional properties like solubility, gelling capacity, and fat- and water-binding capacity or using microbial fermentation to convert plant protein feedstocks into more functional forms.

  1. Academics
  2. End product formulation & manufacturing
  3. End Products
  4. Fermentation
  5. Industry
  6. Industry
  7. Ingredient optimization
  8. Investors
  9. Plant-Based
  10. Production
  11. R&D
  12. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  13. Research
  14. Science
  15. Species-agnostic
  16. Startups
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Techno-economic models to inform product and process development

Techno-economic models are critical for process design and cost of goods projections. Open-access models based on generalized or exemplar processes with standardized unit operations and designs can form the foundation for individual companies’ work, reducing duplicative effort. Furthermore, techno-economic models can identify key cost drivers and opportunities for process improvements to guide future research efforts. The independent research consultancy CE Delft recently published a cultivated meat techno-economic analysis. However, similar efforts are needed for fermentation-derived  and plant-based meat production.

  1. Academics
  2. Cultivated
  3. End Products
  4. Fermentation
  5. Industry
  6. Industry
  7. Investment
  8. Investors
  9. Plant-Based
  10. Production
  11. R&D
  12. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  13. Research
  14. Science
  15. Species-agnostic
  16. Startups
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Decision matrix for seafood target species selection

Creating an online, open-access decision matrix tool that ranks popular seafood-relevant species against each other based on several criteria such as market size, per-unit price, sustainability of conventional production practices, animal welfare considerations, and consumer receptivity to alternative seafood products of that species.

  1. Academics
  2. Cultivated
  3. Demand Generation
  4. Ecosystem
  5. End Products
  6. Fermentation
  7. GFI
  8. Industry
  9. NGO's
  10. Plant-Based
  11. Seafood
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