'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S.
Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.
Finally, ethical cannibalism is within our grasp.
Would you eat yourself if lab grown?
I’m imagining the gp having Soylent Green/cockroach milk while (imaginary) middle class have this, Elites have this with a side of poors.
get out the chianti and fava beans
This is how you get prions.
Gonna wait a bit because I wanna make sure there aren't any crazy unforeseen side effects on humans, but this is a tremendous step forward for several environmental and ecological problems and I'm ready for a minimal-kill future.
Yeah. Interested in seeing cholesterol.
But very excited that those interested in non kill meat will soon have an option.
I, for one, am looking forward to the zombie apocalypse that will result from this.
I wonder if it would be considered vegan? Technically not harming an animal, right?
It depends on whether you consider the conditions under which the original cells were donated as part of the product.
To be honest it feels like making perfect the enemy of good if the initial cell lines able to support billions of cows worth of meat without killing those cows at the sacrifice of a few cows in the first place. But there are plenty of idealists out there who would reject that train of thought, so oh well.
But we'll get there either way.
Anyone have any ideas on price versus kill meat? Especially longterm?
Exactly where my head is. Assuming it is currently expensive since it is new and such little supply. But I'm wondering 5+ years down the road... Is it likely that it will be less expensive than traditional counterparts?
Bioreactors are much less efficient at producing meat than their biological equivalents. They are essentially huge buckets of liquid with nutrients without proper heart/lungs, circulatory/respiratory system that can evenly distribute oxygen and remove CO2, so you need to be constantly shaking and mixing.. which doesn't help with the heat that the reactions produce. You need to keep a constant temperature... and you also don't have an immune system to protect from bacterial growth that could contaminate the whole batch.
This is much more expensive, more risky for health and less environmentally friendly than naturally grown meat. Natural biological organisms have evolved across millenia to be extremelly efficient at what they do. You just can't compete using current tech.
I don't think we would be able to get a cheap sustainable alternative to traditional meat without essentially replicating the way animals grow. And at that point, I wonder if killing an artificially designed animal is any better.
Personally, i think protein from breeding maggots is the more realistic and sustainable source of meat at the moment... starting from a simple lifeform and adapting it is likely more viable.
Honestly can't wait to try it.
I am so excited to get to eat this. when I can afford it.
But when I can, fuck yeah let's go.
I think it's going to be an expensive novelty for a while. I'll definitely be buying it on occasion, even if it is somewhat expensive. To me the cost is worth experiencing something that still feels like science fiction!
Yeah I'm looking forward to trying it too. My only concern is if they're growing fat cells along with the muscle cells, otherwise it's just not going to taste as good. I much prefer a good strip or ribeye instead of a lean filet.
I wonder if, in the very distant future, people will be able to grow their own meat at home from a small sample. And if so, whether anyone will try making burgers from themselves, when they get a cut or a scrape.
Like people sharing their sourdough starter, or homemade yogurt culture. That would be something!
I bet this will be very expensive though. It will probably be years before it costs the same, or less than, regular meat.
I'd pay a premium to eat real meat that didn't involve killing the animal.