cultured meat, also called synthetic meat, is meat grown in cell culture instead of inside animals. it is a form of cellular agriculture. cultured meat is produced using many of the same tissue engineering techniques used in regenerative medicine. up to now the cost to produce cultured meat has been extremely high. the first cultured beef burger patty, created by dr. mark post at maastricht university, was eaten at a demonstration for the press in london in august 2013.