Signal Alternative protein production expected to reach TRL 8 to 9 with unit costs falling 70 to 90 percent

Summary

KISTEP's technology outlook for climate-responsive food production contains two quantified expectations for 2030 to 2035. Cell culture, precision fermentation and plant protein technologies are expected to settle into commercial production systems at technology readiness levels 8 to 9. Food-grade culture media, smart bioreactors, AI process control and digital twins are expected to lower the unit production cost of protein by 70 to 90 percent from current levels. On the social side, the report expects basic protein and nutrition supply at national and regional level to stay more stable even when grain and livestock prices spike because of climate change, epidemics or war. These are expert projections from the study rather than measured market data.