Whether it comes from a plant or the cells of an animal, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the meat of the future will probably not be coming from the flesh of slaughtered animals.
Instead, whether made from plants or cells, it will be formed into ‘meat’ by a 3D printer.
The researchers at the University of Osaka used two different types of stem cells from Wagyu cows to create cultured meat, growing living animal cells onto some type of matrix where they are then incubated and grown into animal tissue that has never been part of a living animal.
There are currently no reports on the taste of the cultured Wagyu beef but we can assume it’s ‘good’ and given a little time, the technology should be able to produce excellent Wagyu cultured meat.
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Until the day comes when a very meat-like meat substitute is available at prices significantly lower than the real deal, it’s going to be hard to convince devoted meat eaters or even flexitarians to switch over.
But the smart money is on that day coming faster than one might think, and its arrival will change the world.
