Man-made Meat (in vitro meat)
Group Members:
Robert Schinske
Matt Iacovelli
Zach Muzzarelli
Nick Radcliffe
Joe Malliaras
Unmet needs
A source of animal protein that doesn't need as much grain and water, and doesn't require as much methane gas and lots of land. This and the problem of the finite amount of meat can be solved through stem cell meat. The increase in population directly correlates with the amount of food that is desired. While doing this we can help allow America get out of debt but still eating our favorite food.
Project Ideas
First I would start off by getting an investment and with that money hire ten of the best scientists. Each scientist needs a team that consists of lab workers and assistants. The evidence of this is unclear for the moment. We know that climate change and population will change the ability of many countries to raise livestock. Possibly we could team up with Google if they funded us about 3 billions dollars for about fifty percent of the business.
Materials
To create our product we need to have a germ free laboratory, temperature control, and the ability to create more locations for the creating of these common meats.
Muscle cells
Stem cells
Cell bank
50 mL plate flask
700 mL shake flask
7 L wave bio-reactors
700 L wave bio-reactors
Fed batch bio-reactors
Floccution
Minced meat
Protective wear
Refrigerators
Computers
Pipets
High powered microscopes that are very precise
Facilities required
We will need multiple facilities for different stages in the process. First we need a building that purely works on the modifications of the stem cells which would be in Pasadena. In this case these are not stem cells but muscle cells. This area will be for all the top scientists to work distraction free. Next there will be a packaging facility nearby so after we make the in vitro meat we can package and put them out for delivery. Before we deliver the food we would have to put all the meat in a giant freezer and let it soak in some fat. We need to soak it in fat because at the moment the meat just tastes off and has doesn't have much flavor. Also this would all have to be located in California so it will create an environment where the scientists would like to stay for the long term with their families.
Estimated costs
Labor- for the scientists they would each make $100,000 so for ten of them it would cost around $1,000,000 plus about an additional $500,000 for all their staff and delivery people.
Faculties- The main muscle cell facility will be user friendly and be in a semi-prime location and would cost around $400,000,000 plus the additional building it would cost $10,000,000. In Pasadena it costs around $655 per square foot so a 50,000 square foot facility would cost 32.75 million dollars.
Materials- 1 billion dollars for the microscopes and all materials needed to make this dream become a reality.
How in vitro cells work
Stem cells are man-made cells that can repair damaged tissue through mitosis to replenish other cells. When the stem cell divides it has the ability to become a different type of cell or remain a stem cell. There is 3 known applications to take out stem cells in the body; bone marrow, blood, lipid (through liposuction). It takes 20,000 cow muscle cells to create each burger. We can do this by using the process of the stem cell creation. Here is the steps to making a cell into edible food;
1. Start with the vial of stem cells from a cell bank and then wait till it gets to a specific volume.
2. Then there moved to a different vessel.
3. The last bio-reactor is fed with a sterile medium.
4. When it's filled and once again at a certain volume an enzyme and protein to settle the cell.
5. The cell is then created and used to form a hamburger looking substance.
Material cost per unit
As of right now to make profit each patty would cost around 500,000 dollars because it costs about 400,000 dollars to create. So we would make around a 20% profit before the cost of labor. In about 20 years it will be normal price because of the future technology that will help make all of this faster and cheaper. I suspect we will make just as many units as the top meat supplier. Which in this case is Tyson and about 11 million patties. That will come out to be a little over 13 billion dollars.
The total cost in production will be a little over 4.4 trillion dollars. But in return 5.5 trillion dollars. You get that by dividing the cost of production (400,000 dollars) by 11 million (how many patties we are making). Also this isn't just paying for meat it is help conserve water and grains and put it towards different things like curing hunger.
First we would find an investor (like Google) who has lots of money and great scientists. Then we would find 10 of the brightest scientists and create a work force for each one. Then we would find a strategic place for a facility and dump about $400,000,000 into that and create the other facilities. Then make all of our money back and expand. We could make other products using the same cells and make enough money to cure the shortage of water problems and get the world out of debt.
The market would be to primarily meat eaters. They will be skeptical at first but if they taste it and they can't tell the difference they will keep on purchasing the healthier substance. Also some vegetarians are vegetarian because they don't like the way slaughterhouses kill their cattle. So this will appeal to them so they can have meat without hiring a single organism. We thought of making a pet food using muscle cells but we would like to focus primarily on humans and if the people want to give there animal the meat hey can go ahead. Since this meat will be significantly healthier it can help fight obesity because 65% of the world is obese.
Other problems in vitro will cure
Global warming is the biggest problem we have. Cattle raising doesn't help that in fact if the population keeps increasing as is in 50 years slaughter houses and farming will nearly admit 50% of the gas that ultimately harms the earth. The stem cells only admits 2 % of the methane that cattle does and a fraction of greenhouse gas also.
Robert Schinske
Matt Iacovelli
Zach Muzzarelli
Nick Radcliffe
Joe Malliaras
Unmet needs
A source of animal protein that doesn't need as much grain and water, and doesn't require as much methane gas and lots of land. This and the problem of the finite amount of meat can be solved through stem cell meat. The increase in population directly correlates with the amount of food that is desired. While doing this we can help allow America get out of debt but still eating our favorite food.
Project Ideas
First I would start off by getting an investment and with that money hire ten of the best scientists. Each scientist needs a team that consists of lab workers and assistants. The evidence of this is unclear for the moment. We know that climate change and population will change the ability of many countries to raise livestock. Possibly we could team up with Google if they funded us about 3 billions dollars for about fifty percent of the business.
Materials
To create our product we need to have a germ free laboratory, temperature control, and the ability to create more locations for the creating of these common meats.
Muscle cells
Stem cells
Cell bank
50 mL plate flask
700 mL shake flask
7 L wave bio-reactors
700 L wave bio-reactors
Fed batch bio-reactors
Floccution
Minced meat
Protective wear
Refrigerators
Computers
Pipets
High powered microscopes that are very precise
Facilities required
We will need multiple facilities for different stages in the process. First we need a building that purely works on the modifications of the stem cells which would be in Pasadena. In this case these are not stem cells but muscle cells. This area will be for all the top scientists to work distraction free. Next there will be a packaging facility nearby so after we make the in vitro meat we can package and put them out for delivery. Before we deliver the food we would have to put all the meat in a giant freezer and let it soak in some fat. We need to soak it in fat because at the moment the meat just tastes off and has doesn't have much flavor. Also this would all have to be located in California so it will create an environment where the scientists would like to stay for the long term with their families.
Estimated costs
Labor- for the scientists they would each make $100,000 so for ten of them it would cost around $1,000,000 plus about an additional $500,000 for all their staff and delivery people.
Faculties- The main muscle cell facility will be user friendly and be in a semi-prime location and would cost around $400,000,000 plus the additional building it would cost $10,000,000. In Pasadena it costs around $655 per square foot so a 50,000 square foot facility would cost 32.75 million dollars.
Materials- 1 billion dollars for the microscopes and all materials needed to make this dream become a reality.
How in vitro cells work
Stem cells are man-made cells that can repair damaged tissue through mitosis to replenish other cells. When the stem cell divides it has the ability to become a different type of cell or remain a stem cell. There is 3 known applications to take out stem cells in the body; bone marrow, blood, lipid (through liposuction). It takes 20,000 cow muscle cells to create each burger. We can do this by using the process of the stem cell creation. Here is the steps to making a cell into edible food;
1. Start with the vial of stem cells from a cell bank and then wait till it gets to a specific volume.
2. Then there moved to a different vessel.
3. The last bio-reactor is fed with a sterile medium.
4. When it's filled and once again at a certain volume an enzyme and protein to settle the cell.
5. The cell is then created and used to form a hamburger looking substance.
Material cost per unit
As of right now to make profit each patty would cost around 500,000 dollars because it costs about 400,000 dollars to create. So we would make around a 20% profit before the cost of labor. In about 20 years it will be normal price because of the future technology that will help make all of this faster and cheaper. I suspect we will make just as many units as the top meat supplier. Which in this case is Tyson and about 11 million patties. That will come out to be a little over 13 billion dollars.
The total cost in production will be a little over 4.4 trillion dollars. But in return 5.5 trillion dollars. You get that by dividing the cost of production (400,000 dollars) by 11 million (how many patties we are making). Also this isn't just paying for meat it is help conserve water and grains and put it towards different things like curing hunger.
First we would find an investor (like Google) who has lots of money and great scientists. Then we would find 10 of the brightest scientists and create a work force for each one. Then we would find a strategic place for a facility and dump about $400,000,000 into that and create the other facilities. Then make all of our money back and expand. We could make other products using the same cells and make enough money to cure the shortage of water problems and get the world out of debt.
The market would be to primarily meat eaters. They will be skeptical at first but if they taste it and they can't tell the difference they will keep on purchasing the healthier substance. Also some vegetarians are vegetarian because they don't like the way slaughterhouses kill their cattle. So this will appeal to them so they can have meat without hiring a single organism. We thought of making a pet food using muscle cells but we would like to focus primarily on humans and if the people want to give there animal the meat hey can go ahead. Since this meat will be significantly healthier it can help fight obesity because 65% of the world is obese.
Other problems in vitro will cure
Global warming is the biggest problem we have. Cattle raising doesn't help that in fact if the population keeps increasing as is in 50 years slaughter houses and farming will nearly admit 50% of the gas that ultimately harms the earth. The stem cells only admits 2 % of the methane that cattle does and a fraction of greenhouse gas also.