The Cultured Hub supports the development of sustainable food

Lindau ZH – Migros, Givaudan and Bühler Group have set up a hub for the development of sustainable food. The Cultured Hub provides companies with laboratories, equipment and a network. The state-of-the-art biotech facility was inaugurated on December 3.

Migros, Givaudan and Bühler Group opened The Cultured Hub in Kemptthal, part of Lindau, on December 3. The scaling and growth service for the development of sustainable food and other cell products provides interested companies with modern product development laboratories, cell culture capacities and equipment as well as a partner network, the founders of the hub said in a press release. "The opening of The Cultured Hub is a pivotal moment for the global efforts towards sustainable food production," Yannick Gächter, CEO of The Cultured Hub, is quoted as saying.

Up to three companies can work simultaneously on completely separate systems in the hub. The ultra-modern bio plant enables pilot projects with production volumes of up to 1000 liters. "The Cultured Hub is designed to help companies close the scaling gap so that they can retain equity, protect intellectual property and accelerate their time to market without a large capital investment," explains Ian Roberts, Chief Technology Officer of Bühler Group. For Matthew Robin, CEO of the Elsa Group at Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, the hub represents "a paradigm shift in the way we approach food production". ce/hs

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