The national food standards body is assessing an application to sell luxury lab-grown meat products, while another company with a cultured lamb burger is waiting to see if customers bite.
Sure, instead of replacing some meat with lentils in my Bolognese sauce, this sounds better. But if it’s now being engineered, who knows if they can make something better than steak eventually? If an AI can fold proteins and invent new drugs, maybe there’s a new frontier of designer beef cuts.
I can’t imagine it’d be a substitute for good steak. Sausages, mince and the like though? Sure, why not.
Sure, instead of replacing some meat with lentils in my Bolognese sauce, this sounds better. But if it’s now being engineered, who knows if they can make something better than steak eventually? If an AI can fold proteins and invent new drugs, maybe there’s a new frontier of designer beef cuts.