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My only concern is this is corporate-driven. I am all for technology to help solve any problems but I am sure we are getting the short version on how this is created. Hey, fast food is created in a kitchen-lab with all its chemistry included. Not that the current method of getting a steak on everyone's plate is in the best interest of consumers either because it is not. Hope this is a better, cleaner alternative all around.
A lot of people are hoping for lab grown steak or other luxury foods made by labs, but I personally will be happy if we just get some good lab grown ground beef where I can't tell the difference from regular beef when making burgers and tacos. And hopefully it will one day be a cheaper option in stores than regular beef. >

That's my opinion too. If it's cheaper and more environmentally sustainable than meat (and preferably plant-based), then I will be more than happy to make burgers, tacos, chili and more out of it. This could be a game changer in how humanity eats, and really change many lives for the better. I can't wait.  
EDIT: I think I phrased this wrong. I meant "if it's cheaper and more environmentally sustainable than both meat and plant-based". To that point, I've tried a number of plant-based and while I love the idea and I'm glad it exists, I don't like the taste enough to pay extra for it. Sorry to the cows dying to feed my ass :( >

Cost is a really big issue for me. I know that Impossible burgers are hit or miss for people, but I think they’re pretty good. The problem is that it’s currently $6 or $7 for just two frozen patties. Thats insane! >

The hit-or/miss phenomenon you mention has been fascinating. It really makes you think about how differently people perceive things. I heard so many rave reviews and anecdotes from people I trust about how they are supposedly indistinguishable from real beef. How disappointing it was to find out they tasted vaguely like raw tomato paste from a rusty can, or at least they did to me. I’m looking forward to the lab-grown option. >

I actually enjoy the taste of plant based meat options, or at least more than you did, but you know what actually threw me off the most?
The texture. It's reasonably meaty in texture but the patties were uniform in texture in a way real meat just isn't.
That being said, I'd actually buy them more if they weren't a good 25-30% more expensive than actual beef >

Most of the plant based meat options are loaded with fat. They are just gross processed food, of the addictive variety, that's killing people. >

Fat = flavor.  Fat also doesn't have the bad reputation it used to in dieting.  My issue with the plant based meats are the carbs (i.e. sugar), which I generally try to avoid or keep to minimum. >

Yeah i should have said fat, sugar, salt. 
But IMO if you are going to eat fat there are healthier ways to get it. That taste better than this fake meat as well (but that last is just my opinion). >

Oh, I don't disagree.  I was just pointing out that a high fat content is likely pretty important for fake meats to taste good or similar to real meat. >

This seems like a poor choice of words for the title, lol. >

The more I read it, the creepier it gets. >

It's all the same to your stomach >

/r/wheresthebeef is the sub where people are keeping track of this technology. >

Would have guessed it was about people arguing with each other heh >

That's /r/Subredditdrama >

No that's The Donald >

Florida and Texas will ban it. >

Wyoming is now into banning new tech >

All 500,000 of them.
There are frats bigger than that. >

And they still get two Senators >

Just like Stateslyvania >


Just one country, Singapore, has so far approved the product for retail sale. But the United States is poised to follow. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in November that a cultivated meat product - a chicken breast grown by California-based UPSIDE Foods - was safe for human consumption.

I mean Singapore and the FDA being the only ones aren't exactly shooting my confidence through the roof, let's be real. >

Can’t wait for the conspiracy theories linked to lab-grown foods. “They are engineered to make people infertile” >

Birthrate is going to sky rocket in the rural area's of the British Isles without all those sexy sheep strutting around. >

People are forgetting that you also don't need meat in every meal. I have no doubt it's contributing to many Americans' health problems. >

I’ll be happy if it’s actually similar.   The meat industry is terrible both In Treatment of animals and for the environment.    
If I can get a lab grown brisket that’s smokes the same or ribs to bbq I’d be down to make a switch. Even starting with ground beef,  steaks or chicken breast would be a huge leap.    
But what are the repercussions on other industries like leather.   Leather alternatives are almost always less durable and create a ton of plastic pollution. >

The demand for leather is far less than the demand for meat. If meat became a byproduct of leather production because we switched predominantly to lab grown meat, we would still be doing much better than we are now, in terms of environmental impact. >

I'm not opposed, but I always think of that Better Off Ted episode where they have their lab grown meat taste tested and the guy says "it tastes like sadness." Lol >

Fuck I wish that show didn’t get canceled. >

So the lab grown meat has legs and it will eventually arrive on our tables!? >

I’m curious about the health side. How does growing it in a lab change it, and how would that affect the consumer >

For one, there won't be diseases and tumours and fecal matter all over it. >

It'd worked well for. Tilipia >

It's going to be fucking glorious. Designer steak perfectly marbled with fat - wagyu is going to be no big deal at some point. >

I am extremely excited
I won't be happy until every McDonald's has their own chicken vat and extrudes fresh mcnuggets for every order >

In twenty years, it will be the only thing you can afford. >

Hopefully. Domestic livestock account for 60% of all mammal biomass on earth. We make up 36% and wild animals are 4%. They are the leading contributor to climate change. It's completely unsustainable. >

The world switching to 90% lab-grown meat would make more difference than switching to 90% electric vehicles!
But lets do both, asap! >

I would %100 try this meat. On a longer timescale, it gives me hope for overfishing and the trade in endangered animal meat--we don't even know what kind of fish we're actually eating half the time anyway--if we can just get more traditional customers on board about it being real meat. Real fish without the mental image of all the damn parasites thanks reddit? Hell yeah. On the shorter time frame, I really enjoy meat, but I don't feel great about the lives these food animals live, or the toll factory farming takes on our environment. Can it be scaled up to the point we can have our misery-free steak and the industry can profit off it, too? I guess we'll see. 
My other thought is can I have a small household bioreactor in the garage next to the party fridge and grow me own meat? Because that would be pretty cool. >

Yeah, I'm not eating this shit. >

Have they done effects on the body with these? Such as does it absorb and digest the same in the human body? >

Hehehehe so long as it remains a choice.