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mltain t1_irbalrh wrote
I'm going back someday, come what may, to BlueNalu!
FuturologyBot t1_irb20sh wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Ezekiel_W:
>While many cultivated meat and seafood companies employ “adherent” techniques that attach growing cells to microcarriers, BlueNalu says it has developed non-GMO cell lines in single cell suspension, meaning large numbers of cells can freely grow in bioreactors without the need for costly microcarriers.
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>In addition, BlueNalu reveals its patent-pending lipid-loading technology allows cultivated muscle cells to actively store fat, eliminating the need to grow muscle and fat cells in separate bioreactors. This technique is projected to significantly reduce capital expenditures, the company says, and will create products with higher fat profiles and better taste, texture and mouthfeel attributes.
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Flaky_Bee_2599 t1_irdty86 wrote
Is there another GMO acronym that I'm unaware of, or are they seriously bragging about not using GMO crops to grow meat in a lab.
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BringMeInfo t1_irb7tze wrote
What is GM in this context?
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robotatomica t1_irb824l wrote
didn’t we all decide it was silly to fixate on GMOs? Like, basically everything we eat is GM, and it’s for sure the only reason the carrying capacity of the world has increased with population.
It’s also just such a pseudo-science take. Some GMOs may not be good but there’s no science to support that, whereas there’s plenty of evidence that there’s nothing wrong with them.
At the end of the day, it’s used as shorthand to fear-monger to people who don’t know what it means. It’s like saying a food is bad bc of “all the chemicals.”
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irb9qlv wrote
They're making a pitch to investors that this will be a profitable operation.
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irba4kr wrote
I think we already have the technology to grow fish in giant tanks.
cubs_rule23 t1_irbaxze wrote
One is going to need a lot less input and will be less stressful on supply chain and more financially viable. I'll let you come to your own conclusion with this information.
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irbgadw wrote
An open air tilapia pond run by farmers in Vietnam will beat a climate controlled lab on all those points every time.
MilkshakeBoy78 t1_irbhlwd wrote
> An open air tilapia pond run by farmers in Vietnam
requires much more space and produces less fish based the amount on the amount of space needs. in the long run, indoor farms will be much better on many areas
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irbi7m7 wrote
Space? Who cares about space? Fish farms are on coasts and rural areas where this is not shortage of space.
MilkshakeBoy78 t1_irbj4of wrote
those fish farms can't exist inland unlike the indoor fish farms. there is a shortage of viable space in the US due to cost/regulation
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irbk57h wrote
Now you are literally just making shit up. There are fish farms anywhere there is water. There are fish farms in Colorado.
Rpanich t1_irce5ro wrote
That spends more energy to produce less, slower.
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irceoiy wrote
[citation needed]
Rpanich t1_ircfrcp wrote
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/raq.12337
With additional information on the environmental and antibiotic issues as well, all of which will be solved with this new technology.
MilkshakeBoy78 t1_irbf0bm wrote
ask yourself if this new technology is better than the one youre talking about
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irbglc7 wrote
Its obviously not better. Its just a buzzword scam. They claim to be growing bluefin tuna toro, but they can't even get the color right.
MilkshakeBoy78 t1_irbhaay wrote
you think its a buzzword scam because you dont understand the buzzwords.
> by utilizing breakthrough single-cell suspension and lipid-loading techniques, the startup says it can achieve 75% gross margins in its first year of production, and cultivate up to 6M pounds of premium seafood annually, beginning with Bluefin Tuna Toro.
this alt seafood tech is better than current alt seafood tech
Disaster_Capitalist t1_irbiu3r wrote
>this alt seafood tech is better than current alt seafood tech
That's damning with faint praise.
Ezekiel_W OP t1_irawdm6 wrote
>While many cultivated meat and seafood companies employ “adherent” techniques that attach growing cells to microcarriers, BlueNalu says it has developed non-GMO cell lines in single cell suspension, meaning large numbers of cells can freely grow in bioreactors without the need for costly microcarriers.
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>In addition, BlueNalu reveals its patent-pending lipid-loading technology allows cultivated muscle cells to actively store fat, eliminating the need to grow muscle and fat cells in separate bioreactors. This technique is projected to significantly reduce capital expenditures, the company says, and will create products with higher fat profiles and better taste, texture and mouthfeel attributes.