Cultured meat platform developed through the structuring of edible microcarrier-derived microtissues with oleogel-based fat substitute.

ABSTRACT: With the increasing global demand for meat, cultured meat technologies are emerging, offering more sustainable solutions that aim to evade a future shortage of meat. Here, we demonstrate a cultured meat platform composed of edible microcarriers and an oleogel-based fat substitute. Scalable expansion of bovine mesenchymal stem cells on edible chitosan-collagen microcarriers is optimized to generate cellularized microtissues. In parallel, an oleogel system incorporated with plant protein is developed as a fat substitute, which is comparable to beef fat in appearance and texture. Combining the cellularized microtissues with the developed fat substitute, two types of cultured meat prototypes are introduced: layered cultured meat and burger-like cultured meat. While the layered prototype benefi

SUBMITTER: Yen FC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10205709 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature