Demolish Foods Unveils New Tech for More Realistic, Scalable Plant-Based Whole Cuts

Demolish Foods has introduced its Gen4 platform, an advanced plant-based meat manufacturing system that focuses on creating whole cuts that closely resemble conventional animal-based products. This new technology aims to address the challenge in the alternative protein sector of providing realistic whole-cut alternatives, rather than just ground or shredded formats. The Gen4 platform replicates the hierarchical structure of animal muscle tissue, including variations in texture and juiciness within a single cut, by engineering muscle fibers down to the tens of microns scale that can be perceived by the human mouth.

The Gen4 platform has received certification for commercial manufacturing, sale, and export, and offers operational advancements such as a significant increase in production throughput, reduced operational costs, and ingredient flexibility. With a focus on protein chaining and precision structuring, Demolish Foods has developed a system that constructs plant-based muscle fibers without heat, preserving protein integrity, and allowing for hierarchical muscle layers to be formed, including connective tissues and fats with varying properties. In addition to plant-based options, the company has also created a prototype of a cultivated chicken hybrid, combining plant-based muscle fibers with chicken fibroblast cells, showcasing their innovative approach to alternative protein production.