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'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S. (www.npr.org)

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Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.

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[–] mookman288@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Not having to slaughter animals to serve meat is absolutely a "we're living in the future" moment. Although cultivated meat has been deployed to Singapore, according to a BBC article, it's not widespread:

That partnership lasted a few months and this year Huber's has started offering a chicken sandwich and a chicken pasta dish to the general public - albeit only once a week with limited dining slots available.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65784505

It looks like the primary issues they're facing is scale. They need to up the scale considerably to match demand.

I see Beyond, Impossible, and spin-offs everywhere, so they have some tough competition to unseat, even though their products actually meat and not just substitution.