CULT-GRO: A game-changing growth enhancer to accelerate the affordable scale-up of cultivated meat

不断增长的肉类/蛋白质需求和环保意识正在推动肉类行业的前景发生变化。沿着人口的快速增长，对替代蛋白质来源的需求不断增长，以应对肉类短缺，这增加了对养殖肉类生产的需求。然而，在制造和获得低成本最终产品方面持续存在的技术挑战阻碍了快速增长的潜力。最终消费者正在将重点转向可持续的生活方式，寻求比资源密集型传统养殖肉类对环境影响更低的肉类。英国将成为世界领先的养殖肉类开发商，预计到2030年将占据31%（17亿英镑）的市场份额，支持9，200 - 16，500个新工作岗位。QuestMeat和Multus是养殖肉类行业的生物技术初创企业。该联盟将与UCL一起开发用于养殖肉类生产的“CULT-GRO”配方。该项目将响应养殖肉类生产的需求，提供更可持续、更低排放的替代蛋白质来源，并提供更快的生产和适应性的大规模配方供应策略。这将使英国的养殖肉类市场能够更快地响应食品供应链的需求，减少碳排放，解决全球肉类短缺问题。该项目预计将为QuestMeat和Multus带来变革性影响，并将对英国的养殖肉类供应链产生巨大影响。CULT-GRO是一个推动者，可以催化/加速新养殖肉类产品的商业化实施，并为细胞系开发，配料供应商和养殖肉类制造商提供多个接口点。该项目将有利于英国经济，为当地和出口带来收入，并在整个养殖肉类行业增加员工人数。

Rising meat/protein demand and awareness for environmental protection needs are driving changed outlooks within the meat industry. The growing need for alternative protein sources to combat meat shortages along with a fast-growing population is enhancing the need for cultured meat production. However, persistent technical challenges in manufacturing and in deriving low-cost end-products hampers rapid growth potential.End-consumers are shifting their focus towards sustainable lifestyles, seeking meat with lower environmental impacts than resource-intensive traditionally-farmed meat. The UK is set to become a world-leading developer of cultured meat, with a predicted 31% (£1.7bn) market-share by 2030, supporting 9,200-16,500 new jobs.QuestMeat and Multus are pioneering biotechnology start-ups within the cultivated meats sector. Together with UCL, this consortium will develop 'CULT-GRO', a formulation for cultured meat production.This project will respond to the cultivated meat production need and deliver more sustainable, lower-emission alternative protein sources, with faster production and adaptive supply strategies of proven formulations at-scale. This will enable the UK's cultivated meat market to respond to food supply-chain demands more rapidly, reducing carbon emissions and addressing the shortages in meat globally.This project is anticipated to deliver transformative effects for QuestMeat and Multus, and will lead to a huge impact on the UK's cultured meat supply-chain. CULT-GRO is an enabler to catalyse/accelerate the commercial implementation of new cultivated meat products and provide multiple interface points for cell-line development, ingredient suppliers and cultured meat manufacturers. This project will benefit the UK economy, generating local and export revenues and headcount growth across the cultivated meat sector.