Author: Synthetarian

Investors Give Free Range To Plant-Based And Cell-Cultured Chicken

 Chicken, an as-yet-undeveloped area of the plant-based and cell-cultured meat market, is coming into its own with new infusions of funding.For example, plant-based-chicken marketer Daring Foods and animal-cell-cultured meat provider Good Meat this week announced a combined $210 million in new funding rounds.In addition, cell-cultured meat pioneer … Source

‘Making fish like making bread’: BlueNalu on the hunt for optimal Asian launchpad for cell-cultured seafood products

BlueNalu’s main focus is on finned fish, and has developed cell-lines from eight different species. It is focusing on just four – Bluefin tuna, red snapper, mahi-mahi and red amberjack – in terms of more commercial work at the moment, but CEO Lou Cooperhouse assured us that this is just the beginning.“The model we are…

Lab-Grown Meat Is Becoming Increasingly Popular — but What Is It, Really?

In recent years, you’ve likely heard some buzz surrounding lab-grown meat — scientists have been working hard to find cruelty-free ways to emulate burgers, steaks, and other animal products, sans the abusive meat industry, but with the same authentic taste. And while it sounds like a somewhat promising endeavor, the name leaves many of us…

Is lab-grown meat vegan? – The Green Vegans

Research into developing lab-grown meat or so-called ‘cultured meat’ has been going on for quite some years now. The first lab-grown burger was developed in 2013 and several other types of lab-grown meat have been successfully made since. It is expected that the price of this type of meat will go down in the coming…

Lab-Grown Meat Is Coming, Whether You Like It or Not

Standing in a kitchen in San Francisco, in a state where foie gras is illegal, Josh Tetrick cuts into the pale gray pate anyway and smears it on a thin piece of bread. “You prettied it up a little bit,” he says to a bearded chef, pointing his butter knife at the plate, “what’s going…

Singapore becomes first country to approve lab-grown meat

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Is synthetic meat a friend or foe of livestock?

Bill Gates’ latest book discussing ways to tackle climate change hit the shelves on Feb. 16. In it, he urges wealthy countries to give up beef and switch to 100 per cent synthetic alternatives – a concept that quickly got him trending on Twitter as people grappled with the idea.  ADVERTISEMENT So what exactly is…

Bill Gates: Let Them Eat Fake Meat!

Bill Gates thinks everyone should eat “100% synthetic beef” as a way to fight climate change — but a look at his investment portfolio suggests he has an alternative agenda that is anything but eco-friendly.EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is an excerpt from “Bill Gates & His Fake Solutions to Climate  Change,” a 23-page report coordinated by Navdanya International which…

The Problem with Fake Meat

I’m impressed by the “lightly seasoned” strips, insofar as they bear a strong similarity to my Hungarian grandmother’s Saturday lunch of re-boiled chicken from her Friday-night chicken soup. She used garlic and onion in everything, too much salt, and usually some dried or fresh parsley. So does Anderson. What took her hours of simmering for…