In recognition of the U.N.’s International Day of Biological Diversity, a GFI staffer shares her path to this moment and the people and places that have shaped her along the way.
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To expand the technical talent pipeline, various players in the alternative protein field should reach out to scientists and engineers in relevant disciplines (e.g., biotech, biopharma, and food science) to inform them of opportunities to apply their existing expertise to this field. Efforts should target students and seasoned professionals.
The cultivated meat industry needs dedicated suppliers of low-cost, food-grade cell culture media to reduce cultivated meat production costs. Close collaboration between the customer and supplier will be required in many cases due to the need for formulations to be optimized for specific cell lines.
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 help garner support for the industry from policymakers, nonprofit organizations, consumers, investors, foodservice outlets, and retailers.
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 coconut water is a particularly promising scaffold material with its FDA approval status and beneficial nutritional and cell adhesion properties.
As the leading global trade fair, Anuga FoodTec is the most important source of impetus for the international food and beverage industry.
This show is the largest annual gathering of foodservice professionals in the Western Hemisphere, bringing together tens of thousands of restaurant, foodservice, and hospitality industry leaders from around the world. Visit GFI in the exhibition hall!
Join Dr. Peter Stogios, Senior Research Associate at Biozone, University of Toronto, to learn how he and his team dramatically reduced the costs of growth factors for cultivated meat production.
GFI's Elliot Swartz explores the progress scientists have made in cultivating meat directly from the cell without the need for animals, specifically animal-derived serum for cell growth.
