Successful Prototypes of Lab-Grown Fillets of Meat

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BSF Enterprise PLC

15 November 2022

 

15 November 2022

BSF Enterprise PLC

("BSF" or the "Company")

Successful Prototypes of Lab-Grown Fillets of Meat

Ground-breaking Prototypes Exceed Expectations

BSF Enterprise plc, an investment company focused on unlocking the next generation of biotech solutions, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, 3D Bio-Tissues, has reached another milestone in successfully producing three small prototype fillets of cultivated meat. This is a major step forward toward 3D Bio-Tissues' objective of producing the UK's first full-scale cultivated meat fillet, which it expects to showcase in the coming months.

3D Bio-Tissues (3DBT) produced three small meat fillets of approximately 30 mm in height and 15 mm in diameter, with an average weight of 5 grammes, utilising innovative proprietary methods. It then tested the prototypes across a variety of attributes to ascertain their quality and similarity to conventional meat, with comprehensively positive results.

In their raw state the lab-grown fillets exhibited structural integrity and resistance to breaking when being manipulated and compressed. The fillets resembled conventional farm grown meat to touch with similar consistency and elasticity and no obvious aroma.

Two of the fillets were then pan fried, cooking rapidly and throughout while maintaining integrity and shape and exhibiting only minimal shrinkage, as would be expected during the preparation of high-quality farm grown meat. The fillets seared easily, showed heavy caramelisation with charring and crisping on the surface, and the aromas were identical to those of barbecued meat. In summary, the test results met, and in many areas exceeded, our expectations in all respects.

A further significant development was that the prototype fillets were all produced without the use of conventional plant-based scaffolds or fillers, as have been universally adapted by the industry to date in order to ensure structural integrity. The fillets were therefore 100% meat, leading the Company to believe this is one of the world's first 100% cultivated meat fillets to be produced.

This was made possible as the fillets were cultured in 3DBT's patented, serum-free and animal-free cell booster, City-mix^TM. City-mix^TM enhances growth of cells and tissues to the point that the need for a scaffold is eliminated. City-mix^TM is a critical intellectual property component of the Company's offering, providing clear competitive differentiation and world leading technology.

As previously announced, the Company expects to produce a larger scale prototype in six to eight weeks and is on track to produce its showcase full-scale fillet of 100% meat in early in 2023.

Che Connon, Chief Executive of 3DBT, said : "We are extremely pleased with the results of our first prototype which has exceeded our expectations in terms of integrity, aroma, texture and more. We believe our prototypes to be some of the first fillets of cultivated meat in the world, representing a ground-breaking development for the industry.

"A further industry milestone is that our prototypes are 100% animal meat, having nativelike structure without the need for plant-based scaffolds. This structure without scaffold was achieved through culturing the fillets with City-mix^TM, our patented animal-free media which represents the next generation in growth agents. The success of our prototypes puts us firmly on the path to producing our first showcase fillet of meat and we are hugely excited for the future."

For further enquiries, please visit   www.bsfenterprise.com   or contact:

BSF Enterprise PLC	Via SEC Newgate below
Geoff Baker - Non-Executive Director Che Connon - Executive Director
Shard Capital (Broker)
Damon Heath	0203 971 7000
SEC Newgate (Financial Communications)
Bob Huxford Elisabeth Cowell George Esmond	020 3757 6882 [e-mail]

ISIN of the Ordinary Shares is  GB00BHNBDQ51

SEDOL Code is  BHNBDQ5.

Notes to Editors

BSF Enterprise PLC (BSF) is focused on unlocking the next generation of biotechnological solutions - using cell-based tissue engineering to help generate cultured meat, lab-grown leather, as well as human corneas, collagen growth and skin substitutes, as part of a radical transformation to deliver sustainable solutions across a variety of sectors.

It owns 100% of 3D Bio-Tissues (3DBT), a tissue engineering with patent-protected IP that is already producing human corneas to help restore vision to millions of people. Building on this success, it aims to produce the UK's first high quality lab-grown meat from its laboratory in Newcastle the next 12 months, transforming the meat-production industry towards an ethical and sustainable practice. 

BSF aims to deliver growth to shareholders through the continued commercialisation of 3DBT's IP, which has multiple applications, as well as through M&A. It aims to acquire a suite of technologies that underpins the development of tissue templating for corneas, meat and leather, and license out the IP to manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to help manufacture the products at scale. 

 

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