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ReviewNPJ science of food2026

From dairy by-product to cell feed: milk whey for serum-free media and scaffold development in cell-based food production.

Tamil Selvi Sundaram, Carlotta Giromini, Raffaella Rebucci, Federica Cheli

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Review in NPJ science of food, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Tamil Selvi SundaramDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell'Università 6, Lodi, Italy. tamil.sundaram@unimi.it.
Carlotta GirominiDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell'Università 6, Lodi, Italy.
Raffaella RebucciDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell'Università 6, Lodi, Italy.
Federica CheliDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (DIVAS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via dell'Università 6, Lodi, Italy.

Funding

the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.1, Call for tender No. 104, published on 2.2.2022 by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU - Project Title "Cellular agriculture for sustainable and innovative food production (CELLtoFOOD)" CUP G53D23003940006 - Grant Assignment Decree No. 1048 adopted on 7.14.2023 by the Italian Ministry of Ministry of University and Research (MUR)the Università degli Studi di Milano "Piano di Sostegno alla Ricerca 2025 Linea 2 Azione 1 and by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3 - Call for tender No. 341 of 15 March 2022 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU. Project code PE00000003, Concession Decree No. 1550 of 11 October 2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, Project title "ON Foods - Research and innovation network on food and nutrition Sustainability, Safety and Security - Working ON Foods
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cultivated meat is gaining attention as a sustainable source of animal protein, yet its research and development are constrained by limited access to serum-free media and scaffolding biomaterials. Milk whey, a nutrient-rich dairy by-product, exhibits biochemical and functional similarities to blood serum. This review examines the potential of whey as both a serum substitute and a scaffold material for muscle cell cultivation in cultivated meat and other cell-based production systems.

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PMID42236729
PMCPMC13538897

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