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Time for lab-grown fishballs instead of burgers?

For cultivated meat to be a global success, it needs to be accepted by consumers in both Western and Eastern countries

    • More cultured meat firms and researchers need to consider regional culinary preferences across Asia, such as fishballs or dumplings.
    • More cultured meat firms and researchers need to consider regional culinary preferences across Asia, such as fishballs or dumplings. GOURMETZ

    Bianca Wassmann

    Published Fri, Aug 4, 2023 · 11:00 AM

    CULTURED meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been green-lit for sale in the United States. In June 2023, Good Meat and Upside Foods became the first-ever companies allowed to sell their cultured meat products on the American market.

    This innovative technology entails growing animal cells in a lab without raising and slaughtering animals, purporting to offer a more sustainable and ethical meat production method.

    The first nation to approve this product for sale was Singapore – in 2020.

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