Lotus fiber-derived scaffolds for enhanced cultured meat production: Quality and sustainability.

ABSTRACT: The expanding global population intensifies demand for sustainable protein sources. Cell-cultured meat (CM) offers a promising alternative to conventional meat production but faces challenges in scalability and food-grade scaffold design. Current scaffolds often fail to replicate muscle tissue's structural and mechanical properties or support large-scale CM production. Moreover, the sensory and nutritional qualities of CM remain understudied. Here, we developed a novel lotus fiber-based natural plant fiber (NPF) scaffold mimicking native muscle tissue architecture. Porcine muscle stem cells (pMuSCs) were cultured on the NPF scaffold (pMuSCs-NPF), and their viability, proliferation, and differentiation were evaluated. The NPF scaffolds exhibited high biocompatibility and promoted pMuSCs ali

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12268086 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature