Commercial Lab-Grown Meat Tastes Like Chicken
December 3, 2020
Singapore becomes the first country to approve meat grown from animal cells for commercial sale. Produced by a San Francisco-based company, the new chicken bites with breading and seasoning will be followed early next year by cultured burgers. In Issues, two analysts examine possible benefits of this emerging technology, including sustainably feeding a hungry world and countering climate change. They suggest that society needs to more actively consider how the nascent industry “might transform our food system, the environment, and even our culture.”