Exploring Cost Reduction Strategies for Serum Free Media Development

Overview

Journal NPJ Sci Food

Publisher Springer Nature

Date 2024 Dec 21

PMID 39709448

Authors

Jun Ping Quek

Azra Anwar Gaffoor

Yu Xuan Tan

Tessa Rui Min Tan

Yu Feng Chua

Dawn Sow Zong Leong

Alif Sufiyan Ali

Say Kong Ng

Affiliations

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Abstract

Cultivated meat production offers solutions in addressing global food security and sustainability challenges. However, serum-free media (SFM) used in cultivating the cells are expensive, contributing to at least 50% of variable operating costs. This review explores technologies for cost-effective SFM, focusing on reducing cost from using growth factors and recombinant proteins, using affordable raw materials for basal media, and implementing cost-saving measures like media recycling and reducing waste build-up.

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