The truth about lab-grown meat

Back in 2013, scientist Mark Post and food technician Peter Verstrate unveiled the first lab-grown burger. And it cost a cool $330,000 to make.

That burger marked the start of the race to create slaughter-free, tasty, and affordable meat.

Lab-grown meat, or cultivated meat, didn’t make it out of the lab until 2020. That was the year Singaporean regulators approved the sale of the first cultivated meat product: chicken nuggets made by SF-based Eat Just. And it was only available at a single members-only restaurant in Singapore.

Last month, the FDA gave the green light to UPSIDE Foods to sell their cultivated chicken in the US, making it only the second country where cultivated meat will be available.

Over 100 companies around the world are developing cultivated meat and seafood, including beef, chicken, and salmon. In 2021, cultivated meat startups received over $1.9B in investments.

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 Πηγή: year2049.substack.com