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
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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