Plant-based scaffolds to improve cultivated meat nutrition
A variety of plant-based scaffolds present the opportunity to combine the natural nutritional and structural benefits of plants with the taste and high protein of cultivated meat. Bacterial nanocellulose from…
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Cultivated
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End Products
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R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Bioprocess design
End product formulation & manufacturing
Scaffolding
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Species-agnostic
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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…
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Cultivated
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Production
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Bioprocess design
Cell culture media
Cell line development
End product formulation & manufacturing
Scaffolding
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Seafood
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Academics
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Commercial
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Industry
Science
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Repurposing and retrofitting facilities for use in alternative protein manufacturing
The manufacturing capacity for rapid and cost-effective scale-up of alternative protein production is a current constraint on the growth of the industry. Repurposing and retrofitting stranded or underutilized assets such…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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Business Services
Production
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Bioprocess design
End product formulation & manufacturing
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
Donors
GFI
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Industry
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Animal ingredient substitution
Enabling easy animal ingredient substitutions in a wide range of food products.
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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End Products
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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End product formulation & manufacturing
Ingredient optimization
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
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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…
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Plant-Based
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R&D
Workforce
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Crop development
End product formulation & manufacturing
Ingredient optimization
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
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GFI
Industry
NGO’s
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Science
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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…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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End Products
Investment
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R&D
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Bioprocess design
Crop development
End product formulation & manufacturing
Host strain development
Ingredient optimization
Target molecule selection
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Seafood
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Academics
Industry
Investors
Startups
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Research
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Industry
Science
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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…
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Plant-Based
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End Products
Production
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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End product formulation & manufacturing
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
Industry
Startups
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2 – Early adoption
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Commercial
Research
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Guaranteed offtake contracts for products and ingredients
Guaranteed offtake agreements, where buyers commit to purchase a volume of product, can help secure loans for infrastructure and other high-cost projects.
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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End Products
Investment
Production
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End product formulation & manufacturing
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Species-agnostic
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Industry
Policymakers
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1 – Inception
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Commercial
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Industry
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Open-access product formulation specification sheets
Open-access product formulation specifications could provide clear metrics and objectives for product developers on attributes like taste, price, nutrition, and ingredient ratios.
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Fermentation
Plant-Based
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End Products
R&D
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End product formulation & manufacturing
Ingredient optimization
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Species-agnostic
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GFI
Industry
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2 – Early adoption
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Ecosystem
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Industry
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Expanding private label plant-based offerings
Brands, dedicated private labelers, and co-manufacturers can take advantage of the private labeling opportunity, and would benefit from developing a wide range of products to fit every category and access…
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Fermentation
Plant-Based
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Business Services
Distribution Channels
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Production
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End product formulation & manufacturing
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Species-agnostic
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Industry
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2 – Early adoption
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Commercial
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Industry
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