From The Fish Site, July 22:
Though many leading cell-cultured seafood companies are based in Asia, Dr Sebastian Rakers, co-founder of Bluu Biosciences, believes that European consumers will embrace cell-based seafood due to its enhanced sustainability and production efficiency advantages.
How does cell-based cultivation work?
Cell-based fish consists of the same ingredients as conventionally produced fish but, instead of slaughtering a whole fish, real fish meat is produced from fish cell lines. The basis of each cell line is a biopsy of a living fish, but the target fish does not necessarily have to die.
Bluu Biosciences have established several cell lines from adult tissue biopsies, whereof we chose the best characterised and fastest growing ones for our mission to create cell-based fish products. The cell mass grows in the bioreactor, which will then be harvested and further processed for final product development.
Bluu Biosciences is using proprietary technologies and non-GMO immortalised cell lines for production. We took a very disciplined approach over the past years and applied a variety of techniques that allowed us to identify naturally occurring immortalised cells. The cells in these lines can reproduce many times without needing to perform a new biopsy, which is important for scaling up production.
Why did Bluu Biosciences decide to pursue seafood instead of a different animal-based protein?In many regions of the world, fish is the most widely consumed source of protein. But while demand is increasing as the world's population grows, stocks are declining due to overfishing or they are exploited to their maximum. Aquaculture tries to catch up, but has its own limitations and challenges. Therefore, cell-based fish provides a viable alternative.
Also, cell-based fish has its advantages compared to cell-based meat: it is more tolerant towards changing temperatures, which is beneficial for upscaled production, and it has a less complex tissue structure, which facilitates the development of structured products later on. Bluu Biosciences can draw on more than a decade of experience in working with fish cells and is driven by a real passion for fish biodiversity....
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If interested see also August 6's "Fie - Faux - Fish"
