Precision Fermentation Among Innovations to Prepare for Next Crisis

In one of Monday’s Scientific & Technical Forums experts discussed what innovations will help to prepare the food-chain ecosystem for the next crisis.

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Ed Finkel

Fermentation process

What innovations will help to prepare the food-chain ecosystem for the next crisis, whether it’s related to global climate change, a pandemic, war, or something else? Panelists at a Scientific & Technical Forum on Monday at IFT FIRST covered a range of such scenarios, including Justin Shimek, CEO and chief technology officer at Mattson & Co., who offered a pre-recorded session on “Product Design and Development with Precision Fermented Ingredients.”

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  1. Fermentation
  2. Proteins
  3. Novel Technologies

About the Author

Ed Finkel is a freelance journalist based in Evanston, Ill. (edfinkel@edfinkel.com).


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