Tag: lab-grown
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Lab-Grown Meat Approved in Singapore
Singapore has reportedly approved for sale a lab-grown meat product to be sold as “cultured chicken.” The product, created by Eat Just, has been approved for use in chicken nuggets following a safety assessment submitted to the Singapore Food Agency’s “novel food” working group. The cultured chicken will reportedly sell for a price comparable to…
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Start-Ups to Develop Lab-Grown Dairy Products
Bloomberg has published an article on companies looking to create dairy products from laboratory-grown whey that could compete with the livestock-derived whey that sold an estimated $10 billion in 2018. One featured start-up, Perfect Day, reportedly asserted that “its proteins require 98% less water and 65% less energy than that required to produce whey from…
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NPR Explores Lab-Grown Fish Possibilities
National Public Radio (NPR) has published a piece on BlueNalu, a company aiming to market and sell fish cultivated in a laboratory. “[U]nlike today’s wild-caught or farmed fish options, BlueNalu’s version of seafood will have no head, no tail, no bones, no blood. It’s finfish, just without the swimming and breathing part,” the article explains.…