ReviewNPJ science of food2025
Trends in non-animal scaffolds for cultured meat structuration.
Review in NPJ science of food, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Alternative Protein Systems: A Bibliometric and Comparative Review of Sustainability, Functionality, and Future Food Systems.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Nutritional and Functional Fortification of Cultivated Meat: A Scoping Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Development of food technology for the future prospect of the livestock food industry.Food science of animal resources · 2026Review
- A Comprehensive Review on Food-Grade Electrospinning of Natural Biopolymers for Cultivated Meat Applications.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Bioprinting functional fat - adipocytes as the next frontier in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and cultivated meat.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Review
- Recent strategies in synthetic food production for sustainable food security: applications and challenges.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Animal-derived components in cultivated meat research and their alternatives.NPJ science of food · 2025Review
- Starch-Based Scaffolds for Cultivated Meat Production: Challenges and Perspectives.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Cultured meat offers a sustainable protein alternative to meet growing food demands, relying on scaffolds to structure muscle tissue. This review evaluates plant-derived and polymeric scaffolds-synthetic polymers, peptides, fungal/plant materials-and techniques like 3D bioprinting, electrospinning, and microcarriers. Scaffold types (fibrous, porous, hydrogels) are assessed for adhesion, degradation, cost, and scalability. Highlighting cell compatibility, material pros/cons, and scalability challenges, the study identifies research gaps to advance cultured meat production.
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