Lab-Grown Meat for Pets Was Just Approved in the UK

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Lab-Grown Meat for Pets Was Just Approved in the UK
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UK regulators have issued the first approval for a company to use chicken cells grown in the lab as an ingredient in pet food.

In a laboratory in west London, Helder Cruz reaches into a fridge and takes out a small plastic tub. The container holds 280 grams of an off-white paste with the consistency of pâté. These are real chicken cells, taken from a fertilized chicken egg and painstakingly grown in the bioreactors opposite. The paste does not look particularly appetizing, but I am not the target audience.

And since meat that goes into pet food is a lot cheaper than meat for humans, the cost of cultivated meat needs to dramatically drop until it’s a viable replacement pet food. There are a few ways Meatly is trying to cut costs.

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