IP Library Granted Patent US 12,319,933
Granted Patent B2
US 12,319,933 · App. 18/644,762 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Systems, methods, and compositions for production of cellular agriculture products

Inventor: Vanessa Small (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: ALCHEME BIO INC.
C12N5/0018C12N5/0068G01N30/8651G01N33/5041G01N33/5097G01N2030/025G01N2030/027
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Patent No.
US 12,319,933
App. No.
18/644,762
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Culture supplement compositions for producing enhanced cellular agriculture products include a formulation including at least one enzyme in a carrier. As embodied herein, the formulation can be configured to adjust production of a base cellular agriculture product to produce an enhanced cellular agriculture product without reducing or inhibiting biomass production or cellular viability compared to the base cellular agriculture product. Furthermore, or as an alternative, the culture supplement composition can further include, in the carrier, at least one of a substrate or an additive. Cellular agriculture products made using the compositions are also provided.

Claims (23)

1. A culture supplement composition for producing a cellular agriculture product, comprising:

a formulation including, in a carrier, at least one enzyme comprising a desaturase, a substrate comprising eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and at least one additive comprising a cholesterol, wherein the formulation comprises 1% w/v of the desaturase, and

wherein the formulation is configured to adjust production of a base cellular agriculture product comprising a food product by affecting a flavor of the base cellular agriculture product to produce an adjusted cellular agriculture product without reducing or inhibiting biomass production or cellular viability compared to the base cellular agriculture product.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a combined concentration of EPA and DHA from 0.1 mg/mL to 1 mg/mL.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the carrier comprises an emulsifier solution, powder, gel or solid.

4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the emulsifier solution comprises one or more of a nonionic detergent, a nonionic triblock copolymer, a nonionic surfactant, a poloxamer, and a zwitterionic detergent.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the formulation is configured to be added to a cell medium of the base cellular agriculture product at a concentration from 1% v/v to 15% v/v.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the formulation is configured to modify a growth phase or an expression phase of the base cellular agriculture product in a bioreactor.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the base cellular agriculture product comprises a cultivated food.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the base cellular agriculture product comprises a precision fermented food.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the formulation comprises 1% v/v of a blend comprising the EPA, the DHA, and the cholesterol.

10. The composition of claim 9 , wherein the blend comprises 180 milligrams of the EPA, 120 milligrams of the DHA, and 5 milligrams of the cholesterol.

11. A cell medium for producing a cellular agriculture product, the cell medium comprising a culture supplement composition comprising:

a formulation including, in a carrier, at least one enzyme comprising a desaturase, a substrate comprising eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and at least one additive comprising a cholesterol, wherein the formulation comprises 1% w/v of the desaturase, and

wherein the formulation is configured to adjust production of a base cellular agriculture product comprising a food product by affecting a flavor of the base cellular agriculture product to produce an adjusted cellular agriculture product without reducing or inhibiting biomass production or cellular viability compared to the base cellular agriculture product.

12. The medium of claim 11 , wherein the carrier comprises an emulsifier solution, powder, gel or solid substrate.

13. The medium of claim 12 , wherein the emulsifier solution comprises one or more of a nonionic detergent, a nonionic triblock copolymer, a nonionic surfactant, a poloxamer, and a zwitterionic detergent.

14. The medium of claim 11 , wherein the formulation has a concentration from 1% v/v to 15% v/v in the cell medium.

15. The medium of claim 11 , wherein the formulation is configured to modify a growth phase or an expression phase of the base cellular agriculture product in a bioreactor.

16. The medium of claim 11 , wherein the base cellular agriculture product comprises a cultivated food.

17. The medium of claim 11 , wherein the base cellular agriculture product comprises a precision fermented food.

18. The medium of claim 11 , wherein the formulation comprises 1% v/v of a blend comprising the EPA, the DHA, and the cholesterol.

19. The medium of claim 18 , wherein the blend comprises 180 milligrams of the EPA, 120 milligrams of the DHA, and 5 milligrams of the cholesterol.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: SMALL, VANESSA
To: ALCHEME BIO INC.
Reel/Frame 067386/0677 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation PCTUS2024025617 · Apr 21, 2024
Provisional Application 63538773 · Sep 15, 2023
Provisional Application 63461095 · Apr 21, 2023
Provisional Application 63449217 · Mar 1, 2023
Related Publication 20240294868A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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