Aleph Farms, the Israeli cultured meat start-up backed by food and retail giants Cargill, Migros, and the Strauss Group, says it believes its lab-grown products will reach cost parity with conventional meat quicker than most plant-based meat alternatives.
I never understood this obsession with lab-grown meat to be honest. We already have plant-based meats that taste good enough, so I’m just not sure why people are waiting around to eat artificially created animal carcass.
However, I do wonder what the meat industry will do if lab-grown meat ever gets to be a mainstream option. Will they fight against it like the dairy industry does to the plant milk industry?
Real meat still tastes better to a lot of people than plant based meats. If this lab-grown meat can compare to real meat then it will find it’s market with those that like the taste of real meat.
It’s already something Impossible and Beyond Meat are facing - Im sure it will ramp up as price falls and availability spreads.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/23/744083270/what-gets-to-be-a-burger-states-restrict-labels-on-plant-based-meat
That’s predictable but still hilarious. Trying to control what can get called a burger lol.