SCAFFOLD
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THE FUTURE
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THE FUTURE
OF CULTIVATED
Shaping
THE FUTURE
OF CULTIVATED
MEAT
The BNC scaffold made from 100% bacterial nanocellulose is a dietary fibre (nata de coco), therefore making it an edible part of the cultured animal product. The BNC scaffold can be produced in various three-dimensional shapes and sizes as required. This BNC scaffold is totally biodegradable, the process is environmentally friendly and uses non-hazardous chemicals.
The BNC scaffold’s properties of biocompatibility, high porosity and extremely large surface area are important to culture mammalian cells. Being an open cell scaffold with interconnecting pores, it permits fluid and air flow through the structure, while allowing the cells to grow within and on the matrix.
Edible
High Fibre
Affordable
Scalable
Biodegradable
BNC Sheets
The BNC Sheet’s three-dimensional matrix is designed to be used in small to large scale tank reactors for animal cell culture.
Find out moreThe BNC Sheet’s three-dimensional matrix is designed to be used in small to large scale tank reactors for animal cell culture. Made from 100% nata de coco cellulose, this all-natural scaffold is an edible and dietary fibre. The nano-fibres have diameters ranging from 20-100nm, which gives the BNC Sheets a very large surface area for cell attachment. The BNC Sheet has excellent mechanical and thermal stability and the porosity can be modified.
Download Fact Sheet for BNC SheetsBNC Flocs
The BNC Flocs three-dimensional matrix is designed to be used in small to large scale tank reactors for animal cell culture.
Find out moreThe BNC Flocs three-dimensional matrix is designed to be used in small to large scale tank reactors for animal cell culture. Made from 100% nata de coco cellulose, this all-natural scaffold is an edible and dietary fibre. The nano-fibres have diameters ranging from 20-100nm, which gives BNC Flocs a very large surface area for cell attachment. BNC Flocs have excellent mechanical and thermal stability and the porosity can be modified.
Download Fact Sheet for BNC FlocsBNC Fleece
The BNC Fleece microcarriers have a fibrous matrix and is designed to be used in small to large scale tank reactors for animal cell culture.
Find out moreThe BNC Fleece microcarriers have a fibrous matrix and is designed to be used in small to large scale tank reactors for animal cell culture. Made from 100% nata de coco cellulose, this all-natural scaffold is an edible and dietary fibre. The nano-fibres have diameters ranging from 20-100nm, which gives BNC Fleece a very large surface area for cell attachment. BNC Fleece have excellent mechanical and thermal stability and can be made in a variety of micron sizes.
Download Fact Sheet for BNC FleeceToday’s meat industry is currently facing increasing pressure to reduce their environmental footprint. We need alternatives that can reduce this impact and cultivated meat is one of these emerging global industries that can deliver an alternative protein source.
One of the major problems facing cultivated meat is the availability of an affordable, scalable and edible cell culture scaffold to grow a meat alternative. Our BNC scaffolding technology is all that and more. Made from 100% nata de coco cellulose, an existing foodstuff and dietary fibre, it seems fitting to value-add one food stuff into another.
