Scaffolding & Microcarriers
Edible, plant-based, animal component-free, and fully-customizable 3D structures for your products.
We manufacture edible, plant-based, 100% animal component-free, and fully-customizable 3D structures for your products that provide a comprehensive solution for building biomass, generating structure, adding and supporting differentiation, adding nutrients, and controlling cell growth through time-triggered growth factor release.
Unlike our competitors, we exclusively use 100% animal component-free and food-safe ingredients in our microcarriers and scaffolds.
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C2C12 cells on M.F.T. Microbeads after 4 hrs of incubation.
Microcarriers
Microcarriers are used to give adhesive cells increased growing area while in suspension. This allows you to enhance the density of cells within a bioreactor, growing biomass easily and efficiently without relying on animal components.
C2C12 cells on M.F.T. scaffolds after 4 days of culture.
Scaffolds
Scaffolds give a meat-like 3D structure and provide a framework for differentiation. We make both plant-based and synthetic scaffolds for different applications within the plant-based, cultivated meat and cultivated dairy spaces.
Our scaffolds and coatings are animal component-free and customizable to mimic muscle structure.
This creates meat texture, supports differentiation, and provides mechanical and chemical cues to control cell behavior.
Our plant-based scaffolds for meat scaffolds are:
- Edible and food-safe
- Designed with a controlled structure and texture (aligned or random fibers; stiffness) to accommodate cell adhesion and mimic meat texture
- Designed for a customizable nutrient profile
- Adaptable for use in downstream processes
- Customizable via surface modifications and bioactive molecules to support cell adhesion and differentiation
- Designed with nanofibers (700 nm-15 um)
- Designed with microfibers (100 and up)
Our synthetic scaffolds for milk companies:
- Supports cell attachment for diverse cell lines
- Can be customized for time-triggered release for bioactive molecules to the dermal surface of the cells
- Has controlled 3D structure (aligned or randomized fiber orientation)
- Can be customized for mechanical properties (stiffness modulus)