Background
This category of diseases, exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, highlights the risks associated with pathogens that can be transmitted from animals to humans, often linked to animal agriculture.
What are zoonotic diseases?
This Dutch scientist created the world’s first lab-grown burger in 2013.
Who is Dr. Mark Post?
This is the three general methods for alternative protein production.
What is plant-based, cultivated from cells, or derived from fermentation?
This country has the most public funding for alternative proteins in the world.
What is Canada?
This organization, founded in 2016, advocates for and supports the development of plant-based and cultivated meat technologies to transform the global food system.
What is The Good Food Institute?
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), this percentage of global fresh water is attributed to livestock production
What is 23%?
This historic figure predicted in 1930 that we would eat food grown from cells
Who is Winston Churchill?
This process involves growing meat directly from animal cells without raising or slaughtering animals.
What is cultivated meat?
Number of countries that have regulatory approval for cell-cultivated food products.
What is three? (USA, Singapore and Israel)
In addition to supporting innovation, The Good Food Institute also works with these two sectors to influence the adoption of alternative proteins.
What are the government and industry sectors?
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), this percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions is attributed to livestock production
What is 15%?
This was the first organization to research cultivated food from cells.
What is NASA?
This process uses microorganisms like yeast and bacteria to convert sugars into proteins.
What is fermentation?
This country became the first in 2023 to approve the sale of cultivated meat to consumers, marking a significant milestone for the industry.
What is Singapore?
In its educational outreach, GFI targets this group of future innovators by providing resources and support to foster research in alternative proteins.
Who are university students and researchers?
The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies this as a Group 1 carcinogen, linking it to colorectal cancer.
What is processed meat?
This food product, a traditional Indonesian staple, is made from fermented soybeans and is one of the earliest forms of plant-based protein.
What is tempeh?
In cultivated meat production, these small, unspecialized cells are used because of their ability to differentiate into various cell types like muscle and fat
What are stem cells?
This industry group released a report in 2023 projecting that cultivated meat could reach price parity with conventional meat by this year.
What is 2032?
GFI emphasizes the importance of this type of investment, urging both public and private sectors to fund research and development in alternative proteins.
What is public-private partnership investment?
North Americans currently consume this percentage of the health-recommended amount of red meat.
What is 638%?
This California-based company, founded in 2009, became famous for creating a plant-based burger that “bleeds” using heme protein.
What is Impossible Foods?
This term refers to the support structure used in cultivated meat to help cells grow in the desired shape and texture
What is a scaffold?
This technology, widely adopted by alternative protein companies in 2023, allows for the precise editing of microbial DNA to enhance protein production efficiency.
What is CRISPR?
The Good Food Institute publishes this resource annually, detailing the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the alternative protein industry.
What is the State of the Industry Report?