The Lab-Grown Meat: Yummy?!? / myLot

@Shavkat (141906)

Philippines

January 24, 2024 7:45pm CST

For meat lovers, they cannot live without eating it. I read in an article that cultivated beef meat was approved to be consumed by the locals in Israel. It is also called lab-grown meat. In the US, they had started to cultivate chicken meat. I am not sure how they taste if they are similar to real raw beef and chicken meat. In my view, it would be a great option if there is a shortage of meat in certain countries. During the pandemic, pork and chicken meat were in short supply, and the local government encouraged us to eat rabbit's meat, which I personally do not like. Could you taste a steak made from cultivated beef? Do you believe that meat produced in a lab will be accepted in your nation? Image Credit: cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120630)

• United States

25 Jan 24

I am not eating lab grown meat unless starvation is near. It is way too new to not worry about the consequences of meat made in an unnatural way. I mean think about how unhealthy that sounds. Humans creating their own meat. Experts claim things are safe all the time, and then two years later they go back and say, yeah, maybe that wasn’t a good idea after all. I would rather eat no meat than lab grown meat.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

You have a point. It still undergoes the meat process to have such a product in the food industry.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

@Fleura I was also think this way when reading the article. It may sound a good idea, but I cannot be sure how safe to consume them.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34956)

• United Kingdom

25 Jan 24

It sounds like a great idea but I'm not sure... I used to work in research, culturing cells. Things can go wrong, the cells get infected or they mutate, there would need to be a lot of checks.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (40952)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

I am curious how it is made. Does that mean that they do not need to raise animals anymore and wait several months to harvest them? I wonder how they are fed to create them. I think if they were produced synthetically, I would doubt their nutritional value since they were processed artificially.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

It is how it was described. According to the article, they still need to design the best name for this product. In my view, it is not made synthetically since it was approved by their local government.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (40952)

• Philippines

26 Jan 24

@Shavkat, Hopefully they are the same as the one that is naturally grown meat. I am just a bit doubtful if the taste and nutritional value of such meat are comparable to those of naturally grown meat.

Fleur

@Fleura (34956)

• United Kingdom

25 Jan 24

You are correct. In theory, once they have cultures of muscle cells (which they would have to start with muscle from an actual animal) they could be kept growing indefinitely.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208801)

• United States

25 Jan 24

Sure, I think it might be a good alternative to eating animals.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

I also think that it is a good option. I am hoping that it would be cheaper than the regular meat in the market.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

25 Jan 24

I would become a vegan then.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

If the first taste is not that good. I would go for veggies instead. I can make patties made of veggies.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148731)

• Roseburg, Oregon

25 Jan 24

I would have to taste it first and than know if it is good for you health wise.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

I agree. We can have the first taste and let's see how it goes.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

25 Jan 24

I eat plant-based meat once in a while. I find them tasty.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

25 Jan 24

We do have them here, but they are quite pricey. I also think that they are tasty.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

25 Jan 24

I did a review for one of the companies that produces meat in a lab

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

27 Jan 24

@Shavkat Intrigued (lol)

Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

26 Jan 24

How did you feel when this company doing this idea?

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135643)

• Marion, Ohio

25 Jan 24

As my country allows stuff added that other countries don't allow to food, I am sure they would

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97957)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

25 Jan 24

To me it just sounds terrible and I would not like to try it,

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

26 Jan 24

I am also scared to try it. It is because the process is man-made.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34956)

• United Kingdom

25 Jan 24

I have mixed feelings about this. On the positive side, it could replace factory farming and thus reduce animal cruelty and also reduce emissions caused by farm animals. On the other hand it is currently very expensive technology and uses a lot of power. Also I used to work in research, growing cells in culture, and I can't quite imagine taking those cell cultures and cooking them for my dinner!

Berend E

@TraveOnWorld (851)

• Georgia

25 Jan 24

No, it will taste too uniformly. And just eating the protein without all the phytominerals and phyto-chemicals is not worth it.