They already have the best lab grown meat, theyre using it mostly for egg whites and pig skins right now (both are used a lot in traditional chinese cooking, egg whites in particular look very promising because they have their own 'immune' defense re: lysozymes, ovomucoids, innate ph balancers, etc.), though a lot of restaurants in hong kong serve chicken

lysozymes can also be found in milk, and there has been some interesting developments in lab grown milk production using the same process that makes insulin. this would be useful for human milk too for mothers that have breastfeeding issues, human milk in general is very unique and has extremely high lysozyme counts which makes it a good candidate. personally i really hope lab grown dairy takes off, a lot of vegan cheeses taste like ass

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you provide sources? I thought lab-grown albumen was early in development, and that lab-grown chicken was extremely expensive but being used by like a single restaurant in Singapore.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They have a whole outline in the latest 5 year plan of the cpc, they hosted a very large conference with a lot of cpc members and fed them all fabricated pig skin noodles and egg whites. I posted about it here a while back. I'm too lazy to search it but it's on here somewhere

This tech is related to organ growth tech, I hope that they get their shit together and give me a uterus and ovaries smh

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

really hope lab grown dairy takes off, a lot of vegan cheeses taste like ass

Unironically I think this is one of the biggest obstacles preventing white people from becoming vegan. Most people in my country will have a dairy product in at least one meal a day. Sunflower substitute don't taste the same as butter or cheese and aren't really a substitute, they're just a different ingredient entirely.

[–] HexBroke@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately most lab meat processes require fetal bovine serum. A process for growing lab meat without FBS was achieved in 2022 though.

FBS is a by-product of the meat industry. FBS, as with the vast majority of animal serum used in cell culture, is produced from blood collected at commercial slaughterhouses from cattle that also supply meat intended for human consumption.

CW: description of the FBS collection process

The first stage of the production process for FBS is the harvesting of blood from the bovine fetus after the fetus is removed from the slaughtered cow.

The fetus dies from the lack of oxygen by remaining in the protective environment of the uterus for a minimum of 15–20 minutes after the cow is dead.

The blood is collected aseptically into a sterile container or blood bag and then allowed to clot.

The normal method of collection is cardiac puncture. This minimizes the danger of serum contamination with micro-organisms from the fetus itself, and the environment, while maximizing the volume of blood collected.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 year ago

We stopped drinking milk because oat milk is incredibly tasty. Hope in the future it gets cheaper because at the moment is 3 times expensive than cow milk.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[dairy is] the biggest obstacles preventing white people from becoming vegan.

Me. I love milk, cream butter. Just can't give it up. It's (together with the price of non-dairy) the last obstacle.