Myo Palate is scaling production of cultivated pork. The project will validate their bioreactor technology and allow them to optimize ideal sensory targets for cultivated pork.
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Cultivated Pork Flavour Ingredient: 15L Scale-Up and Validation
Validating bioreactor technology and confirming sensory targets for a cultivated pork flavour ingredient at pre-pilot scale.
The Opportunity
The global bacon market is valued at approximately $75B in 2025. The plant-based meat category has declined 11%, with 36% of consumers lapsing due to taste dissatisfaction. No food-grade commercial source of pork-specific phospholipids exists outside of cell culture. This creates a significant gap in the market for authentic pork flavour in plant-based and hybrid food products.
The Challenge
Pluripotent stem cell (PSC) manufacturing is blocked by shear sensitivity and the need for manual cluster management. No PSC bioprocess has been scaled beyond bench scale anywhere in the world. Myo Palate must demonstrate continuous production at 15L bioreactor scale. They must also confirm phospholipid compositional specifications and generate the sensory and analytical data needed for product development partnerships.
NPC’s support is helping Myo Palate take a critical step from bench-scale innovation toward pre-pilot validation. This funding enables us to advance the scale-up of our cultivated pork platform while confirming the sensory profile of our flavour ingredient. More importantly, NPC’s backing provides important validation of our technology as we work to build a Canadian biomanufacturing platform capable of producing sustainable, high-value food ingredients at scale.
NPC’s Solution
NPC’s Proof of Concept Program is supporting Myo Palate in scaling cultivated pork production to 15L bioreactors. The project will validate continuous production at pre-pilot scale, confirm the phospholipid compositional specification for a cultivated pork flavour ingredient through sensory and analytical data, and produce cultivated biomass at the target profile for product development partnerships. NPC is committed to the creation of natural products that are better for people, animals, and the planet. They propel early-stage Canadian innovators with the advice, connections, and capital needed to rapidly develop, validate, and scale transformative solutions.
NPC is committed to the creation of natural products that are better for people, animals and the planet. We propel early-stage Canadian innovators with the advice, connections and capital they need to develop and de-risk their solutions quickly and efficiently.
Myo Palate
Description:
Sector(s):
Food, Nutrition, FoodtechFunding Type:
Proof of ConceptProvince:
OntarioFunding Amount:
$261,050
Year of Funding:
2026
Name:
Frank Yu, Co-Founder
