Private1
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| Private1 wrote on 05-08-2015 03:39 PM
The Future Will Be Full of Lab Grown Meat
Its still more than a decade away, but still...
In 2013, the world’s first lab-grown burger was unveiled to the world. It carried a £220,000 price tag, and apparently, it wasn’t all that tasty. But the scientists behind the idea have been hard at work, and artificial meat that’s both cost-effective and palatable may arrive sooner than we think.
Late April, Post announced that his team has managed to cut the cost of cultured beef to just $80 per kilogram, or roughly $11 per burger.
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http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2015/10/about-that-orgasmic-mushroom-it-probably-doesnt-exist/
While the exact cost of the burgers isn’t yet certain, it’s likely to be competitive. Earlier this year, Post’s team announced that his team had been able to slash the price tag to just a little over £7 per burger, or £23 per pound of cow-less beef. Which is totally comparable to what Western foodies are willing to dish out for a gourmet grass-fed patty at a gastropub these days.
But most importantly of all: Will Post’s future burger taste like juicy, delicious beef, or a sad, bloodless wannabe? There’s reason to be hopeful, because, as Post told me this summer, his team is currently in the process of incorporating the key ingredient that was missing from the 2013 burger demo: Fat. That’s right, stem cell burger 1.0 was pure, unadulterated muscle fibres. To human taste buds, this is pretty bland. The researchers are also trying to figure out how to up the iron content of the muscle fibres — another factor that makes a big contribution to flavour.
There was a man in front of me in the queue in tesco's buying condoms.
When the cashier asked if he needed a bag, he said "No, she isn't that ugly"
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