Lab grown meat FDA approved for the first time

[mmc]

 

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, mmc said:

 

 

So is this something that Tank and Vegans can eat?  

[Jason]

45 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

 

So is this something that Tank and Vegans can eat?  

Yes

[Tank]

i think i'll wait for now.

[Brandon]

14 hours ago, gotbeer said:

 

So is this something that Tank and Vegans can eat?  

It’s fine for vegetarians and actually healthier….both for meat eaters and vegetarians. Certain enzymes and reductions removed in regular meat make it healthier for carnivores. On the same token, vegetarian meats are extremely bad for you and so overly processed with chemicals and ingredients to try and make them taste like their real life counterparts….thus, you are better off eating the real thing than over processed chemicals that do more harm.

Where it gets tricky is for vegans and comes down to their ethical stance. If their stance is they simply don’t consume animal byproducts, then this won’t be for them. Even though it’s completely engineered, it’s created and formulated from animal cells. So there is that component. However, if someone is vegan because of animal killing/slaughter houses, then this would be perfectly fine as no animals are killed and just their cells are being used to create.

Two interesting side notes I’m curious about is cost and manufacturing. At the moment, the cost is still too high (as with most new technology) for creation and an average hamburger was between $9.50-$10.00, which isn’t a sustainable price point. The other is taste from manufacturing. They are developing these to be healthier, but that means they are creating these without the same fat as regular steak and thus the marbling and flavor profile is going to be completely different.

Another interesting point someone else brought up in an article I read was how the obesity numbers can have an uptick from over consumption due to these being healthier or marketed as healthier. It would be like how certain vegetarian products say they are healthier or a keto ice cream is healthier so people consume more thinking they are eating something healthy or healthier and adding on more calories.

[gotbeer]

8 hours ago, Brandon said:

It’s fine for vegetarians and actually healthier….both for meat eaters and vegetarians. Certain enzymes and reductions removed in regular meat make it healthier for carnivores. On the same token, vegetarian meats are extremely bad for you and so overly processed with chemicals and ingredients to try and make them taste like their real life counterparts….thus, you are better off eating the real thing than over processed chemicals that do more harm.

Where it gets tricky is for vegans and comes down to their ethical stance. If their stance is they simply don’t consume animal byproducts, then this won’t be for them. Even though it’s completely engineered, it’s created and formulated from animal cells. So there is that component. However, if someone is vegan because of animal killing/slaughter houses, then this would be perfectly fine as no animals are killed and just their cells are being used to create.

Two interesting side notes I’m curious about is cost and manufacturing. At the moment, the cost is still too high (as with most new technology) for creation and an average hamburger was between $9.50-$10.00, which isn’t a sustainable price point. The other is taste from manufacturing. They are developing these to be healthier, but that means they are creating these without the same fat as regular steak and thus the marbling and flavor profile is going to be completely different.

Another interesting point someone else brought up in an article I read was how the obesity numbers can have an uptick from over consumption due to these being healthier or marketed as healthier. It would be like how certain vegetarian products say they are healthier or a keto ice cream is healthier so people consume more thinking they are eating something healthy or healthier and adding on more calories.

 

Give it a few more months, and that might become low.

But I see a steak and burger in Tanks future.