NEW TECH FOODS

A new Innovate UK–funded collaboration will give food and biotech companies access to Cellular Agriculture’s next-generation bioreactor system without the need for upfront investment.

Cellular Agriculture has partnered with food science and technology organisation Campden BRI to make its next-generation bioreactor system available for industry testing at Campden BRI’s Chipping Campden facility in the UK.

The move means that companies of any size or development stage can purchase time from Campden BRI to trial their cell lines or media formulations, removing the need for costly capital investment.

“This is a win-win for the industry,” said Vipul Jain, interim head of commercial at Cellular Agriculture. “Companies gain access to future-proof bioreactor technology without barrier to entry, while we prove that our bioreactors are genuinely universal. This collaboration demonstrates our commitment not only to innovation, but to democratising access to scale-up technology.”

The initiative is supported by funding from Innovate UK and aims to accelerate the commercialisation of cultivated food technologies by broadening access to scale-up infrastructure.