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Finland, first cups of "cellular" coffee grown in the laboratory

Even coffee created in the laboratory? Cellular agriculture may have marked another point, and this time a big one.

19 September 2021
Gianluca RiccioGianluca Riccio
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With increasing demand and the many sustainability challenges for traditional agriculture, there is an urgent need for alternative ways of making coffee. The demand for this drink is huge. You have no idea, believe me.

And the need for more and more acreage to produce enough coffee leads to deforestation, particularly in crucial areas of the rainforest.

Cell culture coffee

The VTT company is developing the production of coffee through plant cells in his laboratory in Finland. In the process, cell cultures floating in nutrient-filled bioreactors are used to produce various animal and plant-based products.

“At VTT, this project was part of our overall effort to develop the biotechnological production of everyday and household products conventionally produced by agriculture. For this, we use many different hosts, such as microbes, but also plant cells, "says the doctor Heiko Rischer, head of the research team of VTT.

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How was “cellular” coffee born?

Cellular coffee was born by establishing its cell lines in the laboratory and transferring them to bioreactors to start producing biomass. After the biomass analysis, a roasting process was developed and the cups of the black drink were finally evaluated by a panel of "tasters"

The entire procedure required input from several disciplines and experts in the fields of plant biotechnology, chemistry and food science.

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Researcher Elvira Kàrkkàinen and Heiko Rischer with a coffee cell culture.

Is it a ciofeca? (who knows how this word will be translated into 10 languages).

Currently, coffee produced in the laboratory is an experimental food and requires the green light of the various associations (FDA in the United States, Novel Food in Europe) before being marketed.

“The experience of drinking the first cup of this coffee was exciting,” Rischer says. "I estimate that there are only four years to accelerate production and regulatory approval. Plant cell growth requires specific skills to optimize the process. Downstream processing and product formulation, regulatory approval and market launch are the final steps. That said, it is now proven that lab-grown coffee can be a reality. "

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The beginning of a cell culture to obtain coffee

Cellular agriculture: one of the avenues for more sustainable food production.

It is not just a question of coffee. The true impact of these researches will change the world's diet. In recent years I have been talking about studying workshops XNUMX cups milk, cheese, honey, meat, fish from cell or bacterial cultures. There will be companies that will rethink the production of food ingredients and lead the market.

Hopefully, and I stress SE (because doubt is important), these efforts will result in more sustainable and healthier foods for the consumer and the planet.

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