MoneyWeek Interviews: Anthony Chow, Co-Founder Agronomics

Anthony Chow, the co-founder of Agronomics, the leading London-listed company in the field of cellular agriculture, talks to Rupert Hargreaves.
Anthony Chow has spent the past 15 years working directly with Jim Mellon, looking closely at investments within the field of biotech and pharma, inclusive of longevity. In 2018, he co-founded Agronomics alongside Jim Mellon
Agronomics is the leading London listed company in the field of cellular agriculture. Cellular agriculture is the production of agriculture products directly from cell cultures that would have otherwise been derived from traditional agriculture methods.
This encompasses the utilisation of tissue engineering, biotechnology or synthetic biology to produce proteins, fats and tissues, and most notably the production of cultivated meat. For example, meat, fish, dairy and leather can all be produced by these means. Agronomics has an established portfolio of venture stage companies in this exciting and rapidly advancing sector.
You can find more information about Agronomics on their website: agronomics.im/about-us/
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[@FutureofFoods]

Great interview - well done.

[@simonrobinson1566]

An interesting interview. A notable omission from the conversation (particularly from the conversation on cell culture) was nutritional profile. It's unfashionable to mention it, but meat has a unique and beneficial profile of fats, proteins, minerals, and b-vitamins. We hear a lot about how (and whether) we can replicate the taste and texture of real meat, but what's unclear at present is whether we can replicate the nutritional profile. At present it doesn't seem to me like we can, or even that these companies are attempting it.

[@SuperAnonymous1984]

Actually if you ask Google that question you get this quote from Dr Dana Hunnes, PhD, MPH, RD, a clinical registered dietitian at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
“In principle, cultivated meat is almost nutritionally identical to farm- or ranch-raised meat,” she said. “But with cultivated meat, you can adjust the medium in which the living cells are grown to add certain vitamins and nutrients that would alter, and perhaps improve, its nutritional quality.”

[@simonrobinson1566]

I don't find that particularly convincing, but hey, time will tell.

[@SuperAnonymous1984]

@@simonrobinson1566 well lab grown pet food will be on sale very soon, if we start hearing stories about pets dying from malnutrition then we'll know. But I suspect we won't hear that.
I'm sure they wouldn't launch a pet food product knowing it is nutritionally dead, pretty sure they'd test it first to see what's in it.