As if the cost to produce cultured meat products isn’t a severe enough hurdle, some state governments have made it almost impossible to enter the market.
For cultured meats to succeed in the market, they will have to prove themselves cost-effective to produce, be as food-safe as their conventional counterparts and gain acceptance from consumers — though some states have already banned FDA-approved cultured meats.
Evergreen says its new identity formalizes a strategy that shifts cultivated meat from a consumer curiosity to a dependable infrastructure solution that strengthens the existing beef supply chain.
Bühler aims to foster the development of equipment to enable market-ready, sustainable, healthy and affordable cellular products that can address increasingly complex food-system challenges, reduce the environmental impact and improve food security.
The collaboration aims to enhance muscle-fiber growth, elongation and fusion into mature muscle tissue, while also boosting adipocyte formation to produce organic, whole-cut pieces. These developments are expected to result in a significant product mass increase, enabling the production of cultivated meat that closely mirrors conventional meat’s structure and flavor.
When scaled to an industrial plant, SuperMeat's process is projected to produce 3 million kilograms (6.7 million lbs.) of cultivated chicken per year, equivalent to around 2.7 million chickens.
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) highlights a variety of peristaltic and sinusoidal pumps ideal for the plant-based and cultivated alternative protein markets.