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Incorporating omega-3s into cultivated seafood

Cultivated seafood will need to be supplemented with long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids to be nutritionally equivalent or superior to conventional seafood. However, how these compounds can best be incorporated has not been determined, and there are several potentially-viable strategies. Further research is needed to determine which strategies are most cost-effective and scalable and whether there are appreciable differences between methods in the quality of the final product.

  1. Academics
  2. Bioprocess design
  3. Cell culture media
  4. Cell line development
  5. Commercial
  6. Cultivated
  7. End product formulation & manufacturing
  8. Industry
  9. Industry
  10. Production
  11. R&D
  12. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  13. Research
  14. Scaffolding
  15. Science
  16. Seafood
  17. Startups
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Plant-based protein makerspaces

Plant-based protein makerspaces would be publicly available spaces where interested members of the public could learn, experiment, and work collaboratively on projects related to plant-based proteins. They could offer access to the physical equipment necessary to conduct projects as well as technical assistance to inform them. The aim would be to encourage more interaction between the public and the alternative protein industry, thus stimulating the exploration and development of more ideas. Makerspaces may also be able to increase positive consumer perception of the technology by increasing familiarity with the relevant production processes. The logistics of the makerspace should be done in such a way to maximize democratization and inclusion of a large segment of the public.

  1. Academics
  2. Crop development
  3. Donors
  4. Ecosystem
  5. End product formulation & manufacturing
  6. GFI
  7. Industry
  8. Ingredient optimization
  9. NGO's
  10. Plant-Based
  11. R&D
  12. Research
  13. Science
  14. Species-agnostic
  15. Startups
  16. Workforce
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Cultivated meat makerspaces to promote public engagement

Both the cultivated meat industry and interested members of the general public would benefit from the creation of makerspaces focused on cultivated meat. These would be publicly available spaces where community members can learn, experiment, and work collaboratively on projects related to cultivated meat. Here, they would have access to the physical equipment necessary to conduct projects as well as technical assistance to inform them. The aim of this project is to encourage more interaction between the public and the alternative protein industry, thus stimulating the exploration and development of more ideas. Makerspaces could also promote greater understanding of and openness to cultivated meat among future consumers of the product.

  1. Academics
  2. Bioprocess design
  3. Cell culture media
  4. Cell line development
  5. Cultivated
  6. Donors
  7. Ecosystem
  8. GFI
  9. Industry
  10. NGO's
  11. R&D
  12. Research
  13. Scaffolding
  14. Science
  15. Species-agnostic
  16. Startups
  17. Workforce
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Co-cultured support cells for cultivated meat

Cultivated meat research focuses primarily on muscle fibers and fat cells. However, other cell types serve functions that are often under appreciated in their relevance to cultivated meat. Co-culture methods with various support cells could solve a variety of challenges on the road to developing affordable, high-quality cultivated meat.

  1. Academics
  2. Bioprocess design
  3. Cell culture media
  4. Cell line development
  5. Commercial
  6. Cultivated
  7. Industry
  8. Production
  9. R&D
  10. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  11. Research
  12. Science
  13. Seafood-relevant
  14. Startups
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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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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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