Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub

The Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub (CARMA) was launched in 2023 with £12 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the aim of developing sustainable manufacturing technologies to scale up the production of cultivated meat. Researchers are also exploring how to develop sustainable palm oil through precision fermentation – a process that uses organisms such as yeast to develop pure dairy or egg proteins, or ingredients such as heme, and has been used for decades to produce medicines like insulin and food enzymes like rennet, found in cheese. .