GFI India’s repository of R&D innovation priorities in smart proteins

Discover ideas for your R&D work in plant-based, fermentation-derived alternative proteins, and cultivated meat.

Key: Digital art icon of a burger, representing cultivated meat. Cultivated A digital art icon of a cell, representing fermentation. Fermentation A digital art icon of green peas in a pea pod, representing plant-based meat. Plant-Based
Opportunity Production platform Value chain segment Technology sector
Technological interventions to improve the ‘clean-label’ claims of plant-based foods

Consumers prefer clean-label food ingredients and end products. Employing science-based innovations to eliminate the need for synthetic additives would be an effective approach.

A digital art icon of green peas in a pea pod, representing plant-based meat. Plant-Based R&D End product formulation and manufacturing
Optimisation of novel texturisation technologies (3D printing, fibre spinning, shear cell) for the development of plant-based meat products

Exploring novel top-down and bottom-up technologies for texturising plant proteins can catalyse product innovations. Optimising the processing and formulation parameters for 3D printing, fibre spinning, and shear cell technologies can…

A digital art icon of green peas in a pea pod, representing plant-based meat. Plant-Based R&D End product formulation and manufacturing