Lab grown meat is here | Is it healthy?
Lab grown meat was just approved for the 1st time. Is lab meat healthy? What is the environmental impact of lab grown meat aka clean meat, and is it truly cruelty-free? A look at the facts behind lab grown meats.
a lab grown chicken nugget can now be sold. others are developing lab grown steaks, pork, etc
lab grown meats: cells from biopsy, cell bank can be grown indefinitely
growth medium? growing cells in lab involves bovine serum. but chicken nugget company will grow their lab meats using plant serum
lab grown meat & environment? lab grown meats could streamline process. study took 4days to grow a lab steak; thousands can be grown in parallel
manufacturers: lab meats produce lower emissions than conventional meat. studies differ on environmental impact of cultured meats. we can't assume lab grown meats are more sustainable
are lab meats healthy? cultured chicken may be nutritionally similar to conventional meat. we have more control over lab grown meats, so we can tweak composition to make them healthier
we could create meats low in saturated fat. 1 study combined muscle cells with fat cells to get lean or fattier meats. we could engineer meat to get e.g. steak with the fat profile of walnuts
that study used… rodent meat. rat steaks?! Mouse cells more common in the lab. we can apply technique to grow chicken or beef
Churchill: "absurdity of growing a whole chicken to eat breast or wing; grow parts separately under a suitable medium."
- lab grown meats may eliminate the type of iron found in meat. lab grown meats could avoid heme iron
- conventional meat can be contaminated with bacteria. lab grown-meats aren’t exposed to feces
- antibiotic-resistant bacteria detected in meats. muscle cells grown in clean environment in the lab may be antibiotic-free
- animals treated with hormones to accelerate growth; growing muscle cells in the lab also requires growth factors. we need solid data on each lab grown meat
will lab grown meats, aka clean meats perpetuate our dependence on meat? meat producers & lab meat business
Some don’t eat meat and don’t need lab grown meats. but meat consumption projected to increase. most humans won't just drop the steaks
imitation meats: we can make a plant burger but not a steak. so ways to produce meat that are less destructive are a godsend
will lab grown meats stick? they made plant burgers that taste like meat, meat that tastes like meat should be easy. lab grown chicken nuggets said to taste like chicken
lab-grown chicken used to cost 9k/lb. maybe it will get to same price as conventionally grown meat
resistance to "frankenmeat". in 20y most meat projected not to come from slaughtered animals. maybe for our kids, meat grown in a lab will be normal
vid on imitation meats. not into meat? 7 sources of plant protein
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lab meat:
karger.com/Article/Abstract/51...
heme: cancerpreventionresearch.aacrj...
hormones: fda.gov/animal-veterinary/prod...
resistance: cleanmeat-hoax.com
meat consumption: oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/29248f...
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