Building the foodtech platform for industrial-scale cellular agriculture

Shaping tomorrow’s food landscape. We help companies bring cultivated and cell-based products to market with end-to-end solutions.

Who we are

Newform Foods is a biotech company developing a scalable bio-manufacturing platform for cellular agriculture. Operating out of South Africa and the UK, we help our partners create next-generation food products—faster, more efficiently, and with global market readiness in mind.

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What we do

Our R&D services

We offer end-to-end R&D capabilities to help partners move from idea to product.

Cell line development - animal & plant cells

  • Cell isolation – High-precision techniques for consistent populations including botanicals

  • Biopsy & tissue sourcing – Ethical, minimally invasive animal sample collection

  • Immortalisation – Stable, high-yielding cell lines for long-term use

  • Genetic engineering – Enhanced growth, nutrition, and product traits

  • Cell banking & storage – Fully characterised, future-ready lines

Media development

  • Cell-line-specific optimisation – Custom media for optimal growth

  • Formulation cost efficiency – Low-cost inputs with high performance

  • Animal cell differentiation – Formulations for muscle, fat, connective tissue

  • Plant cell differentiation – Formulations for flavour profile

Bioprocess development

  • Bioprocess optimisation – High-throughput parameter testing

  • In silico modelling – Predictive simulations for scale-up

  • Cell expansion – Scalable and reproducible expansion protocols

  • Small batch production & tastings – MVP samples for early feedback

Product development

  • New product development – Proprietary blends for texture and flavour

  • QA/QC – Rigorous screening for reliable product quality

Our bioplatform

A proprietary, modular system for developing, scaling, and commercialising cell-based products.

Key features

  • Adaptable for plant and mammalian cell lines

  • Modular and scalable to match production goals

  • Licensing or joint-development models

  • Built-in QA/QC and regulatory alignment

Add-on capabilities

  • Facility design – Turnkey design and buildout of biomanufacturing facilities

  • Techno-economic analysis – In-depth costing and commercial feasibility

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