Can 'lab-grown' meat from animal cells replace meat from farms? | The Protein Problem

Meat cultivated from cells — with no need to raise and slaughter an animal — is starting to show up in restaurants around the world. But can it be made cheaply enough to displace animal agriculture?

Some entrepreneurs, consumers and experts expect a lot more of the world’s meat to be made this way in the future. Companies making so-called “cultivated,” or “cultured” meat, which is also popularly known as “lab-grown” meat, are trying to scale up quickly — partnering with traditional meat companies, drawing more and more investors and breaking ground on new production facilities in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Wide adoption of meat from cells is nowhere near assured, however. This meat is expensive to make. There are scientific challenges, such as learning how to mimic the complex structure of steak. Government regulation is another obstacle. Only Singapore and the U.S. allow sales of cultivated meat.

And while many people who have tried it say they like it, others find the idea distasteful.

The hope is that cultivated meat can someday reduce the impact of animal agricultural on the environment. Start-ups have succeeded in making meat. Now they are working to increase scale, lower prices and improve recipes.

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[VinoNovit]

I hope so, if it lack of proteins or whatever...just add into it.
This is the future.

[videoinformer]

There's a "yuck" factor to this, because of the strangeness of the meat's origin, but I think it's easier to acclimate to than meat coming from slaughtering animals. If this became common, indistinguishable in quality, and comparable in cost or cheaper than meat from animal slaughter, it wouldn't take more than a few years for people to accept this as "normal" or even "more normal" than slaughtering animals for meat.

[suzibouch-xmyr]

Coming to a fast food drive thru near you.

[Yvagne]

Humans evolved from animals so we possess characteristics like that of animals, being omnivore. But lab-grown meat is an essential step to preserve nature and revere animal lives. It's also like an offering or a "thank you" to the ones who allowed extending humanity's inhabitance on this planet.

[americafirst]

Have you heard of 3-D printed meat? Bill Gate's company Beyond Meat has a patent for it. They have it sectioned into vegetable cells and animal cells. Under the animal cell section, they say they use "non-animal cells." So, mammal, but not animal? Soylent Green?

[Classic--]

First people wanted "organic" & "all-natural", now its "lab grown" 😂😂😂 yall mental

[llisagomez]

It's time we stop the cruelty to animals. I watched what these farmers do to animals and it's beyond wicked: it's beyond cruel. I cannot eat meat anymore until there is a change: I will eat cultivated meat only.the farming industry is cruel and evil. They will tell lies about cultivated meat because they don't want to be replaced. It is more than safe and has no antibiotics and no hormones. It's the answer. No more animal cruelty

[lucycarlos]

Save, cows, won't need to be slaughtered, and land for grazing can be for reforestation and oxygen.

[mightytaiger]

I say this as a vegan of 15+ years:

No.

Bill’s mystery peas and lab grown experiments are not food.

[lawngaiyi]

Are we talking about nutritional value of animals?

[iouel]

Plant based meats taste so much better; we relieve the suffering of nature, which has always made us ONLY hypocrites, spiritually.

[ShortsHound]

No ... as it's all about limiting choice and controlling the populace. Expensive, more prone to bacterial mishaps, unnatural, driven by greed, and a slap on the face to our Creator who provides all our needs in a loving way.

[DarthestWiffiest]

To quote Dana Carvey's George H W Bush impersonation; "Not gonna do it."

[ImahSillyGirl]

YES. I've already made the switch! I love Impossible Burger Meat and I know no cows were tortured to get it. Win/Win. Now, I hope someone's still working on vegan cheese because that's pretty yuck still lol.