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More efficient processes with higher yields for cultivated meat
Experts in cell culture technology from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg are contributing their knowledge of process development to a research project with the startup company Innocent Meat GmbH in Rostock, aimed at future innovative food production.
In order to offer cultivated meat as a sustainable and affordable alternative to conventional meat, the existing processes in the pharmaceutical and food industries need to be reconsidered. Cells, media, and culture methods will need to be re-visited and adapted. The start-up company Innocent Meat GmbH, based in Rostock, is developing an automated end-to-end production system and processes for intensified, sustainable on-site production in the meat processing industry. This is supposed to allow food manufacturers the transition to cell-based meat production.
Developing biotechnological building blocks for upscaling
To scale-up cultured meat production to an industrial production level, specialized biotechnological components need to be developed. To achieve this, team leader Professor Dr. Yvonne Genzel and M. Sc. Jan Küchler have taken up research in the collaborative project “Cellular Agriculture and Process Intensification” (ZELPI). The team of scientists from Magdeburg is contributing its know-how in process intensification using various continuous cell lines and different cell retention devices to the project.
Innocent Meat possesses the expertise required for cultivation of the specific cells and has already established the necessary cultivation media and initial process developments. The team from Magdeburg will first take over these processes, cells, and media and then use them in the reactors and cell retention systems at the Max Planck Institute. In this way, the scientists hope to compare and optimize the process. The goal is to produce as many cells as possible in high concentrations.
In this field, particularly high-cell-density perfusion culture for yield optimization, scientists from the Bioprocess Engineering Research Group (led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Reichl) have gained and developed extensive experience over many years. In particular, with regard to viral vaccines, they have achieved internationally recognised success in scaling up virus yield for vaccine production.
In this new project, the group aims to apply its process knowledge to other applications and gain experience with other cells, products, and other areas of biotechnology (food technology), in order to be able to use them in the future for other research questions and thus contribute to more sustainable processes.
The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) through the special funding program “Industrial Bioeconomy,” Component A, which supports collaboration between partners in industry and research institutions. The Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg will receive a two-year grant of approximately 285,000 euros for this project.
https://www.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de/4821537/2026-04-09-pm-mpi-biotechnologists-coop...
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