Shouwei Wang

Amidst growing demand for meat products, concerns regarding their authenticity and safety have intensified, primarily due to potential fraudulent substitutions of cheaper meats, which are not accurately labeled. This study presents a novel strategy for the rapid screening and validation of target peptides for accurate quantitative analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) coupled with multivariate statistical analysis. By integrating hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA) with parallel reaction monitoring (PRM), five species-specific peptides were validated as reliable biomarkers for pork quantification. These peptides demonstrated accurate quantification in simulated meat products with known accurate contents, achieving recoveries of 78–128%, with RSD less than 12%. This methodology markedly enhances screening efficiency by excluding 80% of non-quantitative peptides, providing a robust solution for meat authenticity verification.

3D bio-printing is an emerging tissue engineering technology, and its printing parameters have been upgraded to enable in-depth application in cell-cultured meat. However, excellent printable and edible bio-inks for cell-cultured meat are in urgent need of development. Therefore, a low-cost bio-ink based on albumin and gelatin was developed. At first, suitable printability of the bio-ink was determined by rheology analysis, excellent mechanical stability, and excellent mechanical stability of the printed scaffold was also proved by water absorption and degradation rate. Next, the biocompatibility of the scaffold and its interaction with cells were clarified through cell proliferation culture, cell status research and omics analysis. Notably, AG7 demonstrated better printability and AGS7 provided better conditions for cell attachment, proliferation and migration, "S"-shaped exponential growth curve further revealed the significant advantages of AGS7 scaffolds in cell culture. More importantly, the tissue culture process of muscle cells was simulated to organoid culture, which elucidated the interaction information between cells and scaffolds. This work has filled the vacancy in the industry and provides a novel strategy for the development of production of cell cultured meat.

The traditional breeding industry has been increasingly saturated and caused environmental pollution, disease transmission, excessive resource use, and methane emission; however, it still cannot meet the needs of the growing population. To explore other alternatives, researchers focused on cell agriculture and cell-based meat, especially large-scale cell culture. As a prerequisite for production, large-scale culture technology has become an important bottleneck restricting cell-based meat industrialization. In this study, the single-factor variable method was adopted to examine the influence of Cytodex1 microcarrier pretreatment, spinner flask reaction vessel, cell culture medium, serum and cell incubation, and other influencing factors on large-scale cell cultures to identify the optimization parameters suitable for 3D culture environment. Collagen and 3D culture were also prospectively explored to promote myogenesis and cultivate tissue-like muscle fibers that contract spontaneously. This research lays a theoretical foundation and an exploratory practice for large-scale cell cultures and provides a study reference for the microenvironment of myoblast culture in vitro, a feasible direction for the cell therapy of muscular dystrophy, and prerequisites for the industrialized manufacturing of cell-based meat. Graphical