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If Ginkgo is successful, it will necessitate an increase in scale of key
tools and/or adjacent capacity
Reagents/
Consumables
(e.g. pipette tips)
Usi
DESIGN
BUILD
Long R&D cycles will help adjacent
sectors meet scaling needs, but we may
find we need to help close certain gaps
E.g. we're watching the animal-free protein space,
which has had significant recent success and is
currently facing a gap in pilot scale manufacturing
TEST
Microorganism-
based
Exhibit 7-Taste, Texture, and Price Parity Depends on Improvements
in Key Steps in the Value Chain
Source
FERMENT
1
Increase in
metabolic
efficiency
Production and sourcing
Growth
2
Adoption of low-
cost feedstocks
Harvest
Extraction.
Feedstocks
(e.g. sugar or novel
feedstocks)
3
Optimization of harvesting and
protein extraction processes¹
Fermentation
Capacity
(e.g. tanks and/or novel
methods)
Processing
Formulation >
Texturizing
4
Reduction in the
cost and
complexity of
additives
Source: BCG, "Food for Thought - The Protein Transformation", March 2021
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