Existing single-cell suspension stir tank bioreactors “can’t be used to effectively produce non-GM, cultivated muscle and fat,” claims Mission Barns.
“We’re talking about building smaller, smarter facilities with a lot less capital,” says cofounder and CEO Michele Stansfield.
Producing high-value proteins from genetically engineered black soldier flies is cheaper and more scalable than expressing them in engineered microbes via precision fermentation, claims Chilean startup ByBug.
Prolific Machines has developed a novel way to control cells used in biomanufacturing by deploying light instead of pricey growth factors and other signaling molecules.
Enduro Genetics has agreements with ‘leading industry players in biomanufacturing that have fully recognized that if this works, this is a game changer,’ says CEO and ex-Novozymes exec Christian Munch.
Israeli startup Kokomodo has emerged from stealth armed with $750k from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub to produce cocoa via plant cell culture.
Ultrafine bubbles exhibit very different properties to bubbles perceptible to the human eye, from neutral buoyancy to a strong negative surface charge and a high surface area to volume ratio.
While there is a well-publicized lack of biomanufacturing capacity in the US, says Mark Warner, “What matters is whether the capacity is fit for purpose.”
Dyeing fabric is terrible for the environment, says Chui-Lian Lee. But what if you could create textiles with inherent color, and skip the dyeing step altogether?
What will it take to make the economics of precision fermentation stack up for a wider range of bioproducts such that they can compete with low-margin, high volume products derived from petrochemicals or industrialized animal agriculture?
The race is on to develop ‘designer’ fats for the next generation of food products. But will fats & oils produced by microbes in fermentation tanks ever be a scalable proposition?
The partnership gives New Culture access to “some of the largest and most sophisticated fermentation facilities on the planet.”
Green Plains will be able to produce dextrose with significantly lower capital and carbon intensity vs the standard wet milling process, claims the ethanol producer.
By producing it in fermentation tanks using microbial strains optimized by Triplebar Bio, FrieslandCampina Ingredients hopes to to unlock new markets for lactoferrin.
Ditch the cell, and use its internal machinery to produce proteins, and you can slash the cost and increase the speed of protein synthesis, says Tierra Biosciences.
“This strategy aligns with our commitment to scaling up responsibly,” says CEO Didier Toubia.
Vivici has been able to move unusually rapidly by leveraging its founders’ expertise in dairy proteins and industrial-scale biomanufacturing, says CEO Stephan van Sint Fiet.
How efficient are bugs at creating bags, and how scalable is Modern Synthesis’ patent-pending biomaterials technology?
We’re kidding ourselves if we think we can make the unit economics add up for cultivated meat without deploying ‘much much larger’ bioreactors, says Ark Biotech.
It also teased “a major CPG partner launch” with its whey from fermentation and said it would unveil “new molecules which will bring the impact of precision fermentation to more products and markets.”
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