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Eight key questions about lab-grown meat (lens.monash.edu)

submitted 2 years ago by Treevan@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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Cultured meat, also colloquially referred to as lab-grown meat, is the concept of taking a biopsy from a living animal, selecting an individual cell type and growing these cells in large scale bioreactors.

The difference with cultured meat is the cells themselves are used to produce edible products rather than used as production systems for monoclonals or viral antigens.

Are you prepared to exchange animal meat for the lab-grown version?

With high-end lab-grown meat products, both taste and texture can most likely be matched, and with supplementation with vitamins like B12 it should be possible to make cultured meat nutritionally equivalent to its traditional counterpart too.

However, cost will be a major challenge and sales data indicated that consumers will not pay any significant premium for slaughter-free or more sustainable products.

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[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can only speak for where I am in Canberra which is a progressive and wealthy city. When the food shortages during lockdown happened, the shelving for eggs was empty with the exception of cage eggs. I saw cage eggs and walked away thinking 'oh well, no eggs this time' and saw many other shoppers do the same. Cage eggs are much cheaper than free range, but even with no other option, people chose to go without rather than support the less ethical choice.

Obviously there's a lot to be said about what free range actually means, whether the labels are accurate, and whether people are truly supporting ethical practices, but they are at least in their minds.

If I can choose the more ethical of the two steaks, I'm willing to pay the extra price. I'm conscious I can afford to as well, so that's not necessarily everyone's option. But I'm confident that if this becomes normal and those who can afford to buy it do, the price will eventually come down and it'll be a choice available to others as well.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

That point about eggs is pretty solid... very relatable as well.