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.

  •  mookman288   ( @mookman288@kbin.social ) 
    5•1 year ago

    Not having to slaughter animals to serve meat is absolutely a “we’re living in the future” moment. Although cultivated meat has been deployed to Singapore, according to a BBC article, it’s not widespread:

    That partnership lasted a few months and this year Huber’s has started offering a chicken sandwich and a chicken pasta dish to the general public - albeit only once a week with limited dining slots available.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65784505

    It looks like the primary issues they’re facing is scale. They need to up the scale considerably to match demand.

    I see Beyond, Impossible, and spin-offs everywhere, so they have some tough competition to unseat, even though their products actually meat and not just substitution.

    •  Nessussus   ( @Nessussus@kbin.social ) 
      2•1 year ago

      @demvoter I probably won’t. After I gave up meat, I discovered that’s it’s really just the base note of any meal it’s in. It doesn’t bring all that much to the party.

      My one fear is that with no-kill meat becoming cheap and plentiful, it’ll be harder to get things like veggie patties that concentrate on flavor and texture rather than just being the same as the old stuff. I’m still hoping it becomes popular for the folks who never outgrew their cravings. It’s almost certainly going to become far lower carbon footprint than the traditional way.

      @genesis