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178: Rethinking Cultivated Meat Production: Scale and Media Optimization Strategies Slashing Manufacturing Costs with Richard Alldread - Part 2
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The promise of cultured food is undeniable: delicious, sustainable meat and fish grown without the need for traditional farming. But the journey from lab bench to supermarket shelf is filled with complex regulatory, technological, and consumer acceptance challenges. The big question: how do we transform small-scale breakthroughs into global food production realities?
In this episode of the Smart Biotech Scientist Podcast, host David Brühlmann sits down with Richard Alldread, CTO of The Cultured Hub - a unique joint venture between Givaudan, Bühler, and Migros - positioned at the intersection of flavor, food processing, and retail expertise.
Richard Alldread has led process and technology development across the biopharmaceutical sector, with roles at major biotech corporations and brings decades of experience from the biopharma world into the food tech sphere, helping innovative startups bridge the gap from promising lab results to economically and technically scalable food products.
Here are three reasons to keep listening:
- Scaling Up, Not Just Out: Richard exposes why many food startups stumble: overly complex, non-scalable processes and the misapplication of biopharma’s single-use equipment. Instead, the food industry is reigniting interest in robust stainless steel facilities to meet the vastly greater scale and lower margins of food versus pharma.
- From Bench to Market: The Cultured Hub isn’t just about tanks and tech; it’s a one-stop shop where startups gain hands-on access to commercial-scale bioreactors, regulatory expertise, and direct links to the whole value chain, from flavor development to supermarket shelves.
- Consumer Acceptance Is (Still) King: No matter how flawless the process or affordable the meat, Richard emphasizes that success hinges on consumer adoption. The industry’s greatest test isn’t technological, it’s shifting perceptions of cultured foods to turn curiosity into routine repeat purchases.
Ready to hear what it really takes to transition cultured food from niche curiosity to supermarket staple? Dive into this episode and discover the hard truths, emerging solutions, and industry insights driving the next food revolution.
Connect with Richard Alldread:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/richard-alldread-01923644
Website: www.theculturedhub.com
Want to hear more perspectives on the future of cell-based food? Don’t miss these previous episodes:
- Episodes 55-56: Cultivated Meat: A Promising Future or an Inevitable Bubble? with Steven Lang
- Episodes 45-46: From Lab to Table: The Science Behind Cultivated Meat with Petra Hanga
- Episodes 15-16: Bacon Without Pigs? Innovations in Cultivated Meat Manufacturing with Beat Thalmann
Next step:
Book a free consultation to help you get started on any questions you may have about bioprocess development: https://bruehlmann-consulting.com/call
Develop bioprocessing technologies better, faster, at a fraction of the cost with our 1:1 Strategy Call: The quickest and easiest way to excel biotech technology development. Book your call at https://stan.store/SmartBiotech
179 episodes
Manage episode 498744008 series 3525243
The promise of cultured food is undeniable: delicious, sustainable meat and fish grown without the need for traditional farming. But the journey from lab bench to supermarket shelf is filled with complex regulatory, technological, and consumer acceptance challenges. The big question: how do we transform small-scale breakthroughs into global food production realities?
In this episode of the Smart Biotech Scientist Podcast, host David Brühlmann sits down with Richard Alldread, CTO of The Cultured Hub - a unique joint venture between Givaudan, Bühler, and Migros - positioned at the intersection of flavor, food processing, and retail expertise.
Richard Alldread has led process and technology development across the biopharmaceutical sector, with roles at major biotech corporations and brings decades of experience from the biopharma world into the food tech sphere, helping innovative startups bridge the gap from promising lab results to economically and technically scalable food products.
Here are three reasons to keep listening:
- Scaling Up, Not Just Out: Richard exposes why many food startups stumble: overly complex, non-scalable processes and the misapplication of biopharma’s single-use equipment. Instead, the food industry is reigniting interest in robust stainless steel facilities to meet the vastly greater scale and lower margins of food versus pharma.
- From Bench to Market: The Cultured Hub isn’t just about tanks and tech; it’s a one-stop shop where startups gain hands-on access to commercial-scale bioreactors, regulatory expertise, and direct links to the whole value chain, from flavor development to supermarket shelves.
- Consumer Acceptance Is (Still) King: No matter how flawless the process or affordable the meat, Richard emphasizes that success hinges on consumer adoption. The industry’s greatest test isn’t technological, it’s shifting perceptions of cultured foods to turn curiosity into routine repeat purchases.
Ready to hear what it really takes to transition cultured food from niche curiosity to supermarket staple? Dive into this episode and discover the hard truths, emerging solutions, and industry insights driving the next food revolution.
Connect with Richard Alldread:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/richard-alldread-01923644
Website: www.theculturedhub.com
Want to hear more perspectives on the future of cell-based food? Don’t miss these previous episodes:
- Episodes 55-56: Cultivated Meat: A Promising Future or an Inevitable Bubble? with Steven Lang
- Episodes 45-46: From Lab to Table: The Science Behind Cultivated Meat with Petra Hanga
- Episodes 15-16: Bacon Without Pigs? Innovations in Cultivated Meat Manufacturing with Beat Thalmann
Next step:
Book a free consultation to help you get started on any questions you may have about bioprocess development: https://bruehlmann-consulting.com/call
Develop bioprocessing technologies better, faster, at a fraction of the cost with our 1:1 Strategy Call: The quickest and easiest way to excel biotech technology development. Book your call at https://stan.store/SmartBiotech
179 episodes
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