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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Apr 9

🍔 Dairy and meat dominated the research themes for 2025

🫛 Soy and peas were the most researched ingredients

📈 Emerging trend: functional & non-alcoholic plant-based beverages gaining momentum.

#plantbased #alternativeprotein #altprotein

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Apr 9

Q1 2025 #Plant-Based Sensory Research:

🇺🇸 US publications increased 400% compared to Q1 2024. ~30% of studies focused on consumer perception.

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Elliot Swartz @elliotswartz.bsky.social · Apr 9

Vow's cultivated quail product, which has been available for >1 year in Singapore, has a greenlight on safety from Australia/New Zealand regulators

Barring any changes within a 60 day review period, Vow will be permitted to sell cultivated meat in Australia/NZ

vegconomist.com/meat/vows-cu...

Vow's Cultivated Quail Receives Approval From Food Standards Australia New Zealand - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine

Australian cultivated meat company Vow is one step closer to launching cultivated quail in its home country after the product received approval from Food

vegconomist.com

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 27

Q1 2025 #plant-based research:

⚙️ Sector: Processing & Formulation

🇨🇳 China saw a 33% increase in novel publications vs. 2024.

🌱 Key research trends include 'rheology' and 'high-moisture extrusion' for food texture, alongside increased focus on bioactive compounds for nutrition and health

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 26

A) Publications stats in #cellag by ingredient type

B) Compared to 2021, in the food tech sector, the number of published research papers in CM increased by ~200% and ~70% for PF/R.

#cultivatedmeat #precisionfermentation #recombinantproteins #recombinantfats #consumerperception

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 14

Cultivated Meat Q1 2025 publications: Research models

🐄 Studies using bovine cell lines were the highest (9 publications), followed by pig 🐖 (7) and mouse 🐁 (4)

🔬 Of the different cell types, satellite cells were the most researched (7), followed by myoblasts (6)

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 20

#precisionfermentation #syntheticbiology #cellularagriculture

Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 20

🫧 PF is an established tech for enzyme production, however, it is still considered an emerging category in the food & deep tech realm.

⚠️ Thus, keyword searches for 'precision fermentation' yield limited results. Broadening search terms can further improve its research landscape analysis.

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 20

Of which, research themes included strain and protein expression efficiency, organoleptic advancements and a critique on the safety of PF products
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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 20

Precision Fermentation Q1 publications 2025:

Compared to 2024, there has been a 120% in the keyword 'precision fermentation' in Pubmed searches.

2025 publications are mostly review papers (7 out of 9) with two papers released from the US and Netherlands 🇺🇸🇳🇱

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 14

#cultivatedmeat #cellularagriculture #syntheticbiology #alternativeprotein #smartprotein

Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 14

Cultivated Meat Q1 2025 publications: Research models

🐄 Studies using bovine cell lines were the highest (9 publications), followed by pig 🐖 (7) and mouse 🐁 (4)

🔬 Of the different cell types, satellite cells were the most researched (7), followed by myoblasts (6)

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Elliot Swartz @elliotswartz.bsky.social · Mar 14

South Korean government invests ~$10M in new research center for #cultivatedmeat, which will be a testbed for >10 companies

This is how you develop a new industry

www.greenqueen.com.hk/south-korea-...

With $10M in Public Funding, South Korea to Open First Dedicated Cultivated Meat Centre

South Korea's Uiseong County will build a cultivated meat R&D centre with $10M in government funding, as part of the country's food tech drive.

www.greenqueen.com.hk

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 13

#cultivatedmeat #cellularagriculture

Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 13

2025: GRAS-certified Nattokinase, a Bacillus subtilis byproduct, was used as a cell dissociation enzyme for bovine and human cells in culture media. It performed comparably to animal-derived trypsin - at a fraction of the cost.

Link to the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

Nattokinase as a novel food-grade enzyme for long term cell subculture

Cellular agriculture and regenerative medicine strive to replace animal-derived products in their processes as much as possible. In these efforts diss…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 13

Unique research publications:

2024: Quercetin as a myogenesis promoter in culture media not only maintained media pH but also increased myotube thickness and aided in cell differentiation.

Link to the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Targeting myostatin using quercetin as a media supplement to improve myogenesis for cultured meat production: An in silico and in vitro study

Cultured meat (CM) is an alternative protein food and is produced by cultivating muscle satellite (stem) cells (MSCs) derived from livestock animals (…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 13

#CultivatedMeat Q1 2025 vs Q1 2024 publications:

Increase in cell media studies, ⬆️ by 133%

~36% of cell media papers were researched in S. Korea 🇰🇷

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 12

#cultivatedmeat #cellularagriculture #syntheticbiology #smartprotein #alternativeprotein

Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 12

Q1 2025 Cultivated Meat publication findings:

Total no. of publications went from 27 (Q1 2024) to 46 (Q1 2025), a 70% increase

Novel technical research publications went from 15 to 22, a 46% increase

S. Korea published the most technical papers in 2025 (13), followed by China (7) and the US (4)

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 11

#precisionfermentation #cellularagriculture #syntheticbiology #petfood

Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 11

Link to the study:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39943197/

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Safety and Digestibility of a Novel Ingredient, Brewed Lamb Protein, in Healthy Adult Dogs - PubMed

Protein production through precision fermentation is an attractive option to reduce animal use in food production. This study focused on the safety and digestibility of food containing a test ingredie...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 11

A 15-40% inclusion rate seems safe for this study. Researchers indicate future work to cover:

- Testing different dog breeds (not just beagles)

- Investigating short-chain fatty acid production & its role in gut health

- Exploring global serum & fecal metabolite changes

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 11

- Fibre intake was increased that likely led to lower fat digestibility

- Protein & energy digestibility remained unchanged

- Fecal scores & pH changes suggest higher fiber content, leading to slightly softer stools (yeast based diet)

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 11

- Whole blood taurine was lower in test groups but remained above the critical threshold (150 nmol/mL)

- Researchers link this finding to prior studies showing that lamb-based diets naturally lower taurine

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Tarika V @tarikavr.bsky.social · Mar 11

- Liver health marker ALT (alanine aminotransferase) increased in some dogs, but this was likely linked to medications and not the test ingredient

- Cholesterol levels were lowered in 40% test ingredient cohort

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