Meatable's huge breakthrough in cultivated meat technology cuts production time to only four days

It’s not the big story this week, but pretty important: the Early Bird discount for tickets to The Future of Protein Production Chicago ends this coming Friday (29 March), so if you want to save US$300, secure your place today to avoid disappointment. Click here to meet us in Illinois on 24/25 April!

On the topic of our conference next month, we were pleased to see a few of our exhibitors and speakers cropping up in the headlines this past seven days. One has announced a major partnership in the production of lactoferrin: by harnessing precision fermentation, they aim to enhance supply capacities to meet the increasing global demand. Another, a CDMO service provider based in Singapore, has celebrated yet more new customers to its Fermentation Joint Lab, which has been created to enable and empower dynamic food innovators from around the world to realize their ambitions.

The story with the most hits on our website this week was undoubtedly a huge milestone in the production of cultivated meat from a Netherlands-based specialist. The company is now able to transform pluripotent stem cells into high-quality fat and muscle tissue in a record four days, down from eight days, a faster process than any in the industry.

And there were two investment announcements from companies 10,000 miles apart that caught our eye: a NZ$2.5 million raise for a company that uses the seeds or ‘pulses’ of a legume to create a range of allergen free, great tasting dairy alternatives; and the other a €1 million seed funding round for a startup offering a healthier and more sustainable alternative to traditional solid fats such as butter, palm oil and coconut oil.

Meanwhile, we celebrated the collaboration between two companies that would otherwise be seen as competitors: the partnership will look to combine development efforts across strain engineering, bioprocessing and the large-scale production of caseins to bring precision fermentation caseins to the mass market.

There’s plenty more to dive into on our website, so we hope you enjoy what has been another cracking week in alternative proteins. We’ll be back at the same time in seven days with another batch of breakthroughs!

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