Tastes like chicken? ‘Cultured meat’ arrives on menus.
by Millie Brigaud
Aug 08, 2023
4 minutes
Consumers may soon find meat on restaurant menus that has never walked the earth – grown from cell to fillet.
The product, called “cultured” or “cultivated” meat, is reaching more plates. Cultivated chicken has been sold in a Singapore restaurant since 2020, and in June the Department of Agriculture approved the sale of cultured chicken in the United States by two companies. More than 150 businesses worldwide are working to put beef, fish, and pork on the market, too.
Supporters hope the food will prove more environmentally friendly and protect animal rights, yet concerns linger over costs and feasibility.
What is cultured meat?
It’s not genetically modified
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