The Myth of cell Cultured Meat

Cultured meat, also known as cell-cultured meat or lab-grown meat, is grown in a lab taking a few animal cells. The meat so obtained is real. But it doesn't require slaughtering of the animals as opposed to the traditional meat.

The popularity of cell-cultured meat is increasing manifold. It has been introduced to create a more sustainable, eco-friendly, and humane meat industry. The process of developing cell-cultured meat is also known as cellular agriculture. Many scientists and experts are calling it the wave of the future.

Cultured meat is a newly introduced concept throughout the market. To make this meat, scientists take stem cells from the animals. Stem cells are the building block cells of their body. These cells are then bathed into a liquid comprising nutrients to help them duplicate and further put into a bioreactor. Once this unstructured meat is developed, the next step involves making a real product of meat.

Today, many companies are putting their best foot forward in finding the best ways to produce nuggets, burgers, and other meat delicacies using cell-cultured meat. Not only this, some companies are using scaffolding made using soy protein, gelatin, and other products to imitate the taste of meat in their products. Cell cultured meat takes around 3-8 weeks to cultivate.

As cell-cultured meat's popularity is increasing around the masses, many myths about its use have been doing rounds. We have busted some common myths about the use of cell-cultured meat in the industry.

 

1.    It is claimed that cell-cultured meat is full of contamination. However, this is not the case. According to scientists, this kind of meat is less likely to be affected by contaminants like E. coli bacteria and others. Thus, the meat is safe for consumption.

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3.    Another myth about cell-cultured meat is that it contains antibiotics. This is not true. Raised livestock are usually administered antibiotics to maintain their health. It could lead to antibiotic resistance where the drugs do not work on the infections like they once did.

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5.    It is said that cell-cultured meat harms the environment. This one is a clear myth. Cultured meat aims to reduce the atrocities on animals in a slaughterhouse and the impact of their slaughtering in the environment.

Cell-cultured meat has been called a future way of eating meat. Let us wait and watch everything about its industrial growth.

About the author:

Agronomics (LSE: ANIC), the AIM-listed investment company, remains the only UK based vehicle that provides the public with an opportunity to engage in a sector which is likely to become the future of our food. August saw Agronomics participate in BlueNalu’s latest fundraising round following the announcement of their First-of-its-Kind Commercialisation Strategy. When Jim Mellon and Anthony Chow return from attending the Good Food Conference, I am sure the September buzz for this hot sector will continue.