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Scaffolding development for culinary and biomechanical requirements of cultivated seafood

A number of published studies have focused on scaffolds for cultivated meat (see Related Efforts) yet, to our knowledge, no studies have specifically attempted to formulate scaffolds for fish or tested growth of fish cells on scaffolds developed for terrestrial meat. Because fish uniquely differ from terrestrial meat in structure, research aimed specifically at developing and testing scaffolds for fish products would advance the industry. Both scaffolding materials as well as methods for achieving the correct three-dimensional structure should be investigated.

  1. 0 - Complete whitespace
  2. Academics
  3. Cell line development
  4. Commercial
  5. Cultivated
  6. Industry
  7. R&D
  8. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  9. Research
  10. Scaffolding
  11. Science
  12. Seafood
  13. Startups
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Fiber spinning innovations for improved plant protein texturization

Fibers from non-traditional texturization techniques like electrospinning, jet spinning, or blow spinning could impart texture throughout a product even if they don’t comprise the bulk of the end product, which may render these approaches economically viable for enhancing texture within a bulk product even at a relatively small scale.

  1. 2 - Early adoption
  2. Academics
  3. Commercial
  4. End product formulation & manufacturing
  5. End Products
  6. Industry
  7. Plant-Based
  8. Production
  9. R&D
  10. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  11. Research
  12. Species-agnostic
  13. Startups
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Plants as a recombinant protein expression platform

Plants can serve as expression platforms similar to microorganisms used as recombinant protein hosts. This may require minimal processing into value-added ingredients, such as egg and dairy functional proteins. Plants offer scalability with less need for expensive downstream purification to isolate proteins of interest from inedible or undesirable hosts.

  1. 2 - Early adoption
  2. Academics
  3. Commercial
  4. Crop development
  5. Industry
  6. Industry
  7. Ingredient optimization
  8. Plant-Based
  9. Production
  10. R&D
  11. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  12. Research
  13. Science
  14. Species-agnostic
  15. Startups
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Forging product development partnerships among ingredient suppliers and manufacturers

Opportunities exist to coordinate product development partnerships between ingredient suppliers, strategic partners, and product manufacturers to directly engage more holistically on product formulation.

  1. 1 - Inception
  2. Cell culture media
  3. Commercial
  4. Crop development
  5. Cultivated
  6. Ecosystem
  7. End Products
  8. Feedstocks
  9. Fermentation
  10. GFI
  11. Industry
  12. Industry
  13. Ingredient optimization
  14. Plant-Based
  15. Production
  16. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  17. Scaffolding
  18. Science
  19. Species-agnostic
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Systematic investigation of growth factor needs and effects

Open-access research into growth factors required for proliferation, maintenance, and differentiation of cell types relevant to cultivated meat will support both academic and industry research efforts. This research could include screening of species-specific growth factors under a variety of conditions and in a variety of cell types to characterize cross-species compatibility, which informs commercial efforts to scale production of the most widely used growth factors. Research should also seek to define optimal concentrations of individual growth factors and cocktails for achieving various cell states or behaviors, as well as understanding interactions between growth factors.

  1. Academics
  2. Cell culture media
  3. Cultivated
  4. Fermentation
  5. R&D
  6. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  7. Research
  8. Science
  9. Seafood-relevant
  10. Target molecule selection
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Expand capacity for demonstration-scale and mid-scale co-manufacturing

Companies entering the alt protein space often struggle to secure line time at demonstration-scale and mid-scale commercial production facilities. Greater availability of mid-scale contract capacity would reduce capital outlays and facilitate scaling, allowing alt protein companies to maintain greater control over their equity and exercise more influence within the supply chain. Contracting production allows for a more modular supply chain, with participants achieving gains from specialization, allowing for better financial and organizational structuring around core competencies.

  1. Academics
  2. Bioprocess design
  3. Commercial
  4. Cultivated
  5. Ecosystem
  6. End product formulation & manufacturing
  7. Fermentation
  8. Industry
  9. Industry
  10. Plant-Based
  11. Production
  12. R&D
  13. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  14. Species-agnostic
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Infrastructure and equipment leasing fund

Infrastructure leasing for production and processing facilities as well as capital equipment would enable alternative protein companies to rapidly expand capacity without large upfront capital investments. Having leasing funds and leasing companies with an alternative protein focus could entice corporate players who otherwise would not have considered alternative proteins to enter the space. They could also spare many smaller alternative protein startups from undertaking relatively expensive, equity-backed capital raises early in their expansion.

  1. Commercial
  2. Cultivated
  3. Fermentation
  4. Industry
  5. Industry
  6. Investment
  7. Investors
  8. Plant-Based
  9. Production
  10. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  11. Species-agnostic
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Producing animal-like fats through microbial fermentation

Microbial fermentation provides an efficient method for generating lipid molecules that are chemically identical to those produced by animals. Research efforts are needed to expand current knowledge about the process of engineering the appropriate metabolic pathways for the synthesis of animal lipids into microbial organisms well-suited for large-scale fermentation.

  1. 1 - Inception
  2. Academics
  3. Commercial
  4. Fermentation
  5. Host strain development
  6. R&D
  7. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  8. Research
  9. Science
  10. Species-agnostic
  11. Startups
  12. Target molecule selection
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