Catalog of animal meat flavors
Creating a catalog of molecules responsible for the characteristic flavor of a species will enable alternative protein product manufacturers to create products that more accurately replicate the sensory experience of…
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Fermentation
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End Products
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Crop development
End product formulation & manufacturing
Ingredient optimization
Target molecule selection
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Seafood-relevant
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Academics
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Developing scalable, fit-for-purpose bioreactor and bioprocessing technologies for cultivated meat
Optimizing bioreactor and bioprocessing technologies for the needs of the cultivated meat industry has the potential to substantially reduce the cost of cultivated meat production. Innovations in cultivated meat bioprocessing…
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Production
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Bioprocess design
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Species-agnostic
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Science
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Optimizing fat profiles for nutritional and sensory properties
Because alternative meat’s fat content and fatty acid profile can be more easily controlled than conventional meat’s, there is an opportunity to alter fat content for nutritional benefits. Additional research…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
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End Products
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Cell culture media
End product formulation & manufacturing
Target molecule selection
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Seafood-relevant
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Science
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Mapping animal cell metabolism to optimize media formulation
The cost and environmental impact of cultivated meat are driven by the cell culture media formulation and its conversion efficiency into meat. Metabolic modeling and engineering techniques can aid media…
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Cultivated
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Production
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Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Cell culture media
Cell line development
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
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Incorporating growth factors into scaffolds to reduce costs and introduce spatial heterogeneity
Growth factors (GFs) can be incorporated into scaffolds as a strategy for both reducing costs and improving product quality of cultivated meat. Open-access research is needed to test the feasibility…
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Cultivated
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End Products
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Scaffolding
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Seafood-relevant
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Scaffolds and structural approaches to optimize fat distribution and content in cultivated meat
The inclusion of fat and marbling in cultivated meat is likely to increase its flavor, texture, and consumer appeal. Structural approaches using edible microcarriers, hydrogels, and 3D bioprinting present promising…
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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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Academics
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Commercial
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Industry
Science
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Promoting stemness and proliferation in fish cell cultures
Efficient and cost-effective cultivated fish production will require precise optimization to encourage fast proliferation and highly efficient use of inputs while preventing premature differentiation. A variety of strategies can be…
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Cultivated
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Production
R&D
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Cell culture media
Cell line development
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Seafood
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Academics
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Research
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Science
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Hybrid products to optimize nutrition, taste, cost, and sustainability
Hybrid products are a promising means to introduce cost-competitive versions of cultivated meat to the market while improving the taste of plant proteins. Promoting the health benefits of hybrids may…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
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Demand Generation
End Products
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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
Industry
Investors
Startups
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Commercial
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Industry
Science
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Cost-effective sterility controls for cultivated meat
Meticulous attention to sterility controls throughout cultivated meat production is essential to optimize food safety, but the cost of biopharmaceutical-based sterility—the current standard for cell-based processes—is incongruent with large-scale food…
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Cultivated
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Production
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Bioprocess design
Cell culture media
End product formulation & manufacturing
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Species-agnostic
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Industry
Policymakers
Startups
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Ecosystem
Research
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Industry
Policy
Science
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Life Cycle Assessment for alternative seafood relative to conventional fishing and aquaculture
To date, no robust environmental assessments have been conducted to compare alternative seafood to its conventional counterparts. An open-access, quantitative analysis of the relative environmental impacts of alternative seafood will…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
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Demand Generation
Distribution Channels
End Products
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Seafood
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