Fermentation-based food producers are under pressure to scale faster, reduce waste, and maintain consistent quality, yet traditional monitoring tools often can’t keep up with today’s complex production challenges.
In this session, you’ll learn practical strategies and technology approaches you can apply right away to improve batch consistency, cut costs, and speed up scale-up.
Discover how leading biofood manufacturers are using Process Analytical Technology (PAT), such as automated mass spectrometry (MS), to gain a competitive edge. This technology enables real-time monitoring of key gases, helping reduce waste, optimize yields, and enhance process control, all without disrupting production.
You’ll also get actionable insights into how tools like the Thermo Scientific™ Prima PRO Process Mass Spectrometer are helping producers tackle common challenges such as data lag, inconsistent batch quality, and scale-up inefficiencies.
Key Takeaways
- Why mass spectrometry becoming a standard for fermentation PA
- How real-time gas analysis can improve yields and efficiency
- What to consider when implementing MS in a production environment
- Lessons learned from real-world applications in biofood production
About the Speakers
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro is a Professor at Imperial College London, where he heads a research group focused on Engineering Biology and Sustainability. He is the director of both the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Proteins and the Microbial Food Hub.
His research focuses on how microbes might convert renewable feedstocks into marketable products (such as food ingredients). He has published over 200 articles, most of which are about microbial bioproduction (precision, biomass, and traditional fermentation).
Rodrigo completed his Ph.D. at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Before joining Imperial, he conducted postdoctoral research at the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE, France). He was a visiting researcher at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and AIST (Japan).
Daniel Merriman is a distinguished process analytics expert with a 35-year career that started with VG Instruments and seamlessly transitioned into his current position at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
His considerable experience ranges from intricate technological breakthroughs to strategic market leadership, all of which are supported by his profound expertise in mass spectrometry, a critical instrument in pioneering biofood production.
Merriman’s depth of knowledge makes him an invaluable voice in the webinar, ready to deconstruct the complexities of collagen fermentation with the insight that only decades of firsthand experience can bring.