{"id":305498,"date":"2024-07-25T18:38:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=305498"},"modified":"2024-07-25T18:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:08:39","slug":"lab-grown-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lab-grown-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab-Grown Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on the Lab-Grown Meat <\/strong>has been created based on the article \u201cIn Singapore, customers can now buy meat grown in a lab<\/a>\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 25 July 2024.<\/p>\n

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Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Singapore is currently the only country in the world where lab-grown meat is available for purchase.<\/p>\n

What is Lab-Grown Meat?<\/h2>\n

1. About:<\/strong> Lab-grown meat, also known as cultivated meat, is produced by growing animal cells in a lab rather than raising and slaughtering animals.<\/p>\n

2. Advantages:<\/strong> It requires less land and water. It can lower greenhouse gas emissions. It can also reduce\u00a0the need for traditional livestock farming.<\/p>\n

3. Challenges:<\/strong>\u00a0Its productivity cost is high. There is difficulty in scaling up.<\/p>\n

How is Lab-Grown Meat Cultivated?<\/h2>\n

1. Cell Collection:<\/strong> Animal cells, such as muscle cells, are collected from a live animal.<\/p>\n

2. Cell Culturing:<\/strong> These cells are placed in a nutrient-rich culture medium.\u00a0The medium contains essential nutrients like proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.<\/p>\n

3.Bioreactors:<\/strong> Cells are grown in bioreactors, which are large vessels that provide a controlled environment for cell growth. Bioreactors can range from small lab-scale sizes to large industrial-scale units.<\/p>\n

4. Tissue Formation:<\/strong> Cells multiply and form muscle tissue.\u00a0Techniques like scaffolding and tissue engineering help cells grow into structured meat products.<\/p>\n

5. Harvesting:<\/strong> The cultivated meat is harvested from the bioreactors. It is then processed into various meat products like burgers, chicken nuggets, or minced meat.<\/p>\n

6. International Trends:<\/strong> Countries like the U.S., Israel, Australia, and China are also exploring lab-grown meat. Investments in the industry have fluctuated, with a significant drop in global funding recently.<\/p>\n

7. Future Prospects:<\/strong>\u00a0The industry aims to reach cost parity with conventional meat by 2030.
\n– Potential market value of about $25 billion by 2030.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on the Lab-Grown Meat has been created based on the article \u201cIn Singapore, customers can now buy meat grown in a lab\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 25 July 2024. Why in the news? Singapore is currently the only country in the world where lab-grown meat is available for purchase. What is… Continue reading Lab-Grown Meat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-305498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305498","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}