Thursday, March 28, 2024

Atelier Meats Poses Lab-Grown Structured Meat as the Solution for the Global Food Crisis

It is already known that food shortage is a global crisis. With food being one of the most critical world resources, this drove the biotechnology company Atelier Meats to find alternative solutions to this problem; Lab-grown structured meat, to be exact.

Structured meatsare parts of livestock that are used as meat. On the other hand, lab-grown structured meats are a technological advancement that Atelier Meats is trying to achieve. Creating complex structures using Lab-grown meat is a “cleaner, more ethical approach to bringing quality meat to the dinner table,” as their website mentions.

Through their advanced study and a multidisciplinary team composed of Biochemists, Pharmacists, Biologists and Biomedical Engineers, the company could reach a distant point in developing structured meats such as pork chops, steaks and chicken legs in a laboratory. “We are harnessing advanced biotechnology, combined with tissue engineering and process development to bring tasteful and delicious meats to the table,” shares Atelier Meats’ website

The purpose-driven project uses cutting-edge lab-developed technology to help solve the food crisis. “Atelier’s science and technology eliminates disease, eliminates famine, and eliminates contamination.” shares their website. Collaborating with experts from Rutgers University’s Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials Research and Chemical biology, the company is working to procure advancements in tissue engineering, process development, cell culture, and quality systems integration, aiming to hopefully create an institution that could fundamentally create a new way of producing sustainable and quality meat for our table.

The impact of this is that lab-grown structured meats are beneficial. Among these benefits is cleaner air, as mass livestock production significantly contributes to the rising greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. The technology also aims to lessen the cases of hunger and malnutrition by researching the significant health benefits of lab-grown meat. In addition, water quality will also be positively affected as farming contributes to water pollution. 

In line with its core values, Atelier Meats continually values food safety as one of its main priorities. Although the company is way more advanced than most of its peers and competitors, it still works to ensure that important factors in food safety are considered and reviewed. Developing lab-grown structured meats contains lots of meticulous procedures. First, they isolate the ECM (Extracellular Matrix) that becomes the building blocks of the meat. They then develop sequences of stem cells from the ECM to culture and expand the meat. Lastly, high-precision and advanced technology create high-quality structured meats by cultivating the expanded meat. Throughout the process, Atelier does not use any form of genetic engineering. Instead, the innovation uses cultured stem cells that are then utilized to mass-produce lab-grown meats.

The advancement behind the Atelier’s method of meat creation is unique and could potentially be one of the solutions that the world needs to create supply for the ever-growing demand for food. In addition, the startup’s lab-grown meats have the potential to be better palatable meats that are free from any of the most common diseases that get transferred to humans upon consumption. 

Like most of their work and research, Atelier Meats itself is still a budding company that strives for the betterment of our world. Despite the skepticism of some consumers and the unorthodox way of producing one of the world’s most valued resources, the team continually works nonstop to develop the potentially groundbreaking product that could shape the future of food production.

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