LAB GROWN MEAT
Soon, India may have lab-grown fish meat that will have the same flavor and texture as original fish
The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in India has initiated the development of lab-grown fish meat to address the increasing demand for seafood. The project aims to reduce the strain on wild resources while providing the same flavor, texture, and nutritional qualities as traditional fish. CMFRI has partnered with Neat Meatt Biotech in a public-private partnership to conduct research.
Vegan meat, made from cells are now available. But will it ever satisfy meat lovers?
More than 150 startups are chasing an ambitious goal: meat that doesn't require raising and killing animals that is affordable and tastes and feels like the meat we eat now.
Here is why Italy has banned lab-grown meat
Italy has given the nod to a proposal banning lab-grown meat and synthetic food products, citing a commitment to preserving the nation's culinary heritage and public health. While agricultural groups celebrate, animal welfare organizations face a setback, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni rallies support for "natural food versus synthetic food" in a move that echoes previous directives restricting the use of insect-derived flour in traditional Italian foods.
Pure-veg meat: An export frontier for India to conquer
India's largest shipment of plant-based meat, including jackfruit-based BBQ Jack, has been sent to the US. The shipment is part of India's growing export potential in the plant-based meat industry, which is projected to reach between Rs 2,194 crore to Rs 6,824 crore by 2030. India's advantages in producing plant-based meat include its strong tradition of vegetarian food, a large and growing workforce, low wages, and abundant raw materials.
All you should know about ‘lab-grown meat’ or ‘cultured meat’
This type of meat does not come from slaughtered animals, rather they are grown in laboratories, using cells from living animals or fertilized eggs.
Israeli startup Steakholder Foods dishes up new kind of fish using 3D printers
Umami Meats extracts cells - for now from grouper - and grows them into muscle and fat. Steakholder Foods then adds them to a 'bio-ink' suited for special 3D printers. The outcome: a narrow fillet that mimics the properties of sea-caught fish.
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A day in the life of the microbe that wants to replace your meat
Microbes are found everywhere in the world from the poles to the equator, and from the sea floor to the mountain peaks and they’re already part of our diet.
Elephant on your plate: Food tech start-up makes giant meatball from extinct mammoth
The food scientists made the meatball using the lab-grown flesh of an extinct woolly mammoth.
FDA approves lab-grown meat for human consumption, animal rights advocates hail the move
The FDA said it had no further questions after evaluating Upside Foods’s submission of lab-grown meat. The company used animal cell culture technology to procure live chicken cells and cultivate the meat in a controlled environment.
Is fake meat healthy or good for environment? And what's actually in it?
Many consumers believe these fake meats are better for their health, as well as better for the environment, but is that right?
From plant-based meat to non-vegetarian fuel
Plant-based meat alternatives won’t replace good quality meat from healthy animals raised in good conditions.
Climate change woes no more: 'Sustainable' lab-grown coffee is here for your daily caffeine dose
This would use less labour and fewer resources than conventional coffee.
Next food frontier: Fish made from plants, or in a lab
As sophisticated fish alternatives begin to attract investment and land at restaurants in the U.S. and beyond, people who track the fishless fish sector say that it could be on the cusp of significant growth.
How Indian alt-meat startups are changing the way we perceive food
A few Indian startups and research institutes are devising plant and cell-based alternatives to meat to help revolutionise the sustainable food market.
Investors are betting on startups making lab-grown meat
The thought of eating an animal-resembling protein may not sound appetising to many. But this could well be how a large population in the world consumes its meat in the future.
A visit to the moon, lab-grown meat: Projects that promise to make 2021 an exciting year
In the coming time, augmented reality will change the game in retail.
Lab-grown meat to make historic debut at Singapore restaurant
Singapore, the high-tech city-state, has become a hub for the development of sustainable foods, with start-ups producing goods ranging from lab-grown "seafood" to dumplings made with tropical fruit instead of pork.
Singapore becomes first country to approve sale of lab-grown meat
Demand for alternatives to regular meat is surging due to consumer concerns about health, animal welfare and the environment. Plant-based meat options, popularised by Beyond Meat Inc and Impossible Foods, increasingly feature on supermarket shelves and restaurant menus.
Venture investors double their bets on faux meat startups
This year’s biggest funding deals included Beyond Meat rival Impossible Foods Inc., which raised $500 million to support expansion of its vegan burgers, and Swedish oat-milk maker Oatly AB, which raised $200 million this month in a deal backed by Blackstone Group Inc. that values the company at $2 billion.
This food tech startup wants to dish out vegan meat for you
Udaipur-based food tech startup Good Dot is cashing in on the rising trend of plant-based food leanings in the Indian market. Expect vegetarian achari tikkas, ready-to-eat biryani, Thai curries with mock meats and vegan mutton that boast of eliminating cholesterol and trans fats from your diet.
Transforming methane gas to meat equivalent. String Bio is making it possible
Your source of protein in the future may not be from the meat you eat, but from one of the most potent greenhouse gases. With five patents to its name, Bengaluru-based String Bio is currently converting methane to protein for animals. Humans can be next.
Quantum Leap: Alternative meat market is expected to grow 10 times by 2029
The burger patties of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, which use proteins from pea, mung bean, soy and potato, and which are said to approximate the taste of meat, are sold in US supermarkets and are served at the likes of Subway and Burger King. Tyson Foods and Nestlé are among the large companies that have joined Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods with their own offerings.
Meat has a replacement but no one knows what to call it yet
Lab-grown. Cell-based. Clean. In vitro. Cultured. Fake. Artificial. Synthetic. Meat 2.0. These are all terms that refer to the same kind of food, one that’s not even on the market yet.
Mock-Meat for mock-carnivores?
A ‘bleeding’ mock-meat burger using yeast leghemoglobin, created by a Silicon Valley startup, is also making waves in the US.
HSI/India, CCMB join hands to promote lab-grown meat
The effort to develop clean meat has emerged due to the unsustainable methods of large-scale industrial animal agriculture, said the joint statement.
Lab-grown 'clean meat' may hit Indian markets by 2025
Animal welfare organisation HSI India and the CCMB in Hyderabad have joined hands to develop laboratory grown meat in India.
Lab-grown meat burger may hit stores in five years
The burger is made from stem-cells: the templates from which specialised tissue such as nerve or skin cells develop.
With FB & Twitter, public shaming gets a makeover; but roasting on social media can have dramatic impact
With the state slow and inefficient in its response and society largely indifferent in India, public shaming via social media has become an efficient tool to get quick attention and redress complaints.
Lab-grown meat: Molecular gastronomy or just frankenfood?
The laboratory-reared meat set to be eaten by experts soon, looks set to add a new dimension to the school of cuisine called molecular gastronomy.
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