The Scale Effect and Cost Structure Optimization mechanism of cultured meat industrialization

Abstract

The ecological costs of land, water and carbon emissions have long been associated with traditional animal husbandry. Global population growth, in turn, is further increasing the environmental pressures of animal agriculture. Emerging technology of cultured meat has significant potential for application. By promoting the industrialization and commercial application of cultured meat, it helps to protect animal welfare, alleviate food pressure and produce healthy, sustainable meat products in a more environmentally friendly way. This study found that the keys to achieving scale effects and cost control in the cultured meat industry include:1)development of affordable and efficient food-grade culture media by synthesizing growth factors from inexpensive materials such as plant proteins and food industry by-products;2)establishment of a large-scale, controlled and automated production system based on 3D suspension and replenishment batch culture;3) Select the appropriate bioreactor based on cell type, culture size, culture stage, and intended use. In the future, the development of cutting-edge technologies such as cellular immortality and 4D printing may help the cultivated meat industry further expand its production scale and reduce costs, making cultivated meat a more common and sustainable way of meat production. This paper analyses the technological advances and shortcomings in the cost of culture medium, establishment of scale-up system and selection of bioreactors, which are crucial to the three cultured meat industries, with the aim of providing some references for the scale-up production and cost control of cell culture meat.