{"id":250289,"date":"2023-07-01T19:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T13:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=250289"},"modified":"2023-07-01T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T13:46:24","slug":"what-is-lab-grown-meat-and-what-did-the-u-s-recently-approve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-lab-grown-meat-and-what-did-the-u-s-recently-approve\/","title":{"rendered":"What is lab-grown meat and what did the U.S. recently approve?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>What is lab-grown meat and what did the U.S. recently approve?<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> The Hindu on 1st July 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Two California-based companies have received approval from the U.S. government for production and sale of Cell-cultivated chicken, also known as lab-grown meat.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Lab-grown meat?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Lab grown meat involves isolating the cells that make up this meat (the meat that we consume) and putting them in a setting where they have all the resources they need to grow and make more copies of themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These resources are typically nutrients, fats, carbohydrates, amino acids, the right temperature, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u2018setting\u2019 in which this process takes place is often a <\/span>bioreactor <\/b>(also known as a \u2018cultivator\u2019), a sensor-fit device \u2013 like a container \u2013 that has been designed to support a particular biological environment. (Because of the techniques involved, producing meat in this way is also called <\/span>cellular agriculture<\/b>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Once these cells have become sufficiently large in number they resemble a mass of minced meat.They are collected and then processed, with additives to improve their texture and\/or appearance and are destined for various recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the benefits of Lab-grown meat?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Less emissions: <\/b>Lab-grown meat helps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with livestock production.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), livestock production contributes about 14.5% of global anthropogenic GHG emissions, mainly in the form of methane and nitrous oxides.<\/span><\/p>\n

Less Land Use: <\/b>Lab grown meat requires significantly less land compared to traditional meat production methods.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 A 2021 report estimated that lab-cultivated meat would use 63% less land in the case of chicken and 72% in the case of pork.<\/span><\/p>\n

No killing of animals: <\/b>Lab grown meat does not require an animal to be killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Food security:<\/b> Lab cultured meat can help in a way to meet the world\u2019s nutritional security needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Customization:<\/b> Lab-grown meat can be customized to be healthier than their animal counterpart, such as being designed to contain less fat, thus contributing to public health.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the challenges of Lab-grown meat?<\/b><\/p>\n

Consumer acceptance<\/b>: Perfectly substituting animal meat with alternative meat requires the lab grown meat to match the animal meat taste, texture, and appearance and cost.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost: <\/b>The cost of cell-cultivated meat is expected to remain high in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resource<\/b>s: <\/span>Researchers require high-quality cells, suitable growth mediums, and other resources to ensure the quality of the final product.<\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental impact concerns<\/b>: A recent study found that if cell cultivation requires a highly refined growth medium similar to that used in the pharmaceutical industry, then the environmental impact of cell-cultivated meat production is likely to be higher than beef production.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cWhat is lab-grown meat and what did the U.S. recently approve?\u201d published in The Hindu on 1st July 2023 What is the News? Two California-based companies have received approval from the U.S. government for production and sale of Cell-cultivated chicken, also known as lab-grown meat. What is… Continue reading What is lab-grown meat and what did the U.S. recently approve?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-250289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}