BioBetter Pioneers Cultivated Meat Future with Molecular Farming
BioBetter, Ltd. has opened its first food-grade pilot facility to accelerate the production of growth factors for the cultivated meat industry. The company has pioneered a protein manufacturing platform for producing growth factors (GFs) using tobacco plants as self-sustained, animal-free bioreactors.
Cultivated meat production processes are relatively expensive, making it challenging to scale up and reach price parity with animal-based counterparts. The start-up already has achieved five milestones in the past year: