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Test tube hamburgers to be served this year

By T.K. Randall
February 22, 2012 · Comment icon 26 comments

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Scientists are hoping to serve up an edible test-tube hamburger as early as October of this year.
The production of artificial meat that can be 'grown' in a lab has been hailed as one of the holy grails of future food production, potentially providing unlimited food supply without the need to keep and slaughter livestock. "In October we are going to provide a proof of concept showing out of stem cells we can make a product that looks, feels and hopefully tastes like meat," said Professor Mark Post.
The process of culturing the artificial meat in the lab is so laborious that the finished product, expected to arrive in eight months' time, will cost about £220,000 (EUR250,000).


Source: Telegraph | Comments (26)




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Comment icon #17 Posted by qtom946 12 years ago
The only thing I would know, it would be good for being out of this world..
Comment icon #18 Posted by Coffey 12 years ago
I bet they aren't. It's probably far, far cheaper for them to keep using actual meat. Actual meat? LMFAO
Comment icon #19 Posted by Offeiriad 12 years ago
Spam? Yep. Definitely stuff posing as meat.
Comment icon #20 Posted by ROGER 12 years ago
Well this says it all.
Comment icon #21 Posted by unit 12 years ago
this faux-meat has been around for some time now, the hurdle was people were reluctant to eat it. apparently 72% of people still have common sense and maintain they will refuse to eat this meat. good. what's next? stretch milk a little further by adding melamine? oh wait, that's been done. [edit] ...and this new faux-meat, that's going to be "owned" by a company, isn't it? ..and they're protected by various laws so they don't have to disclose their chemical secrets on their food packaging labels.. hmmm, i can see where all this is going to end up...
Comment icon #22 Posted by Paracelse 12 years ago
Screeww peta methink to start growing my own meat. Thank goodness I never went to macdonald
Comment icon #23 Posted by Verneph 12 years ago
Actual meat? LMFAO Yes, actual meat: http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-mcdonalds-hamburger-meat-made-of
Comment icon #24 Posted by Coffey 12 years ago
Yes, actual meat: http://www.squidoo.com/what-is-mcdonalds-hamburger-meat-made-of Funny that, cause it's BS. I've eaten Mcdonalds burgers just like 90% of the western world. They taste like cardboard if you take away the sauce etc. Compare a McDonals burger to a real beef burger or a steak. It's absolutely rank.
Comment icon #25 Posted by Verneph 12 years ago
Funny that, cause it's BS. I've eaten Mcdonalds burgers just like 90% of the western world. They taste like cardboard if you take away the sauce etc. Compare a McDonals burger to a real beef burger or a steak. It's absolutely rank. Except that I've always eaten mine plain since I was a child and they've always tasted good to me. You could argue this about a lot of burger chains. They all taste different. Personally, I've always found Wendy's burgers to be the best kind while I find Burger King's to be absolutely awful which makes their name seem hilariously ironic. Comparing any kind of burger... [More]
Comment icon #26 Posted by Coffey 12 years ago
Except that I've always eaten mine plain since I was a child and they've always tasted good to me. You could argue this about a lot of burger chains. They all taste different. Personally, I've always found Wendy's burgers to be the best kind while I find Burger King's to be absolutely awful which makes their name seem hilariously ironic. Comparing any kind of burger to a steak isn't fair at all as I have never, ever, eaten a hamburger from anywhere that tasted like steak. To each his own, I suppose. I've met plenty of people who don't like McDonald's food. I don't eat there that often myself o... [More]


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