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Would you eat Lab Grown Meat

Would you eat Lab Grown Meat?

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jmotivator

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Personally I don't understand the opposition to lab grown meat on the Republican side.

When anyone makes an argument that they oppose something for being an inferior product my point will always be to let it lose on the free market, then.

If Lab grown meat is more expensive or noticeably inferior then it won't sell... at least to people who already eat meat.

If it gives Vegans/Vegetarians an option for animal protein without hurting animals then they might pay a premium for it... depending on how the poll goes.
 
Lab grown meat is quite simply meat.

Theoretically it should eventually be cheaper as it skips a couple of steps - growing feed to nourish the animal and feeding the animal for X period of time.

In addition there's no wasted content - no bones etc.

Its safer. In a lab you're not going the have the pathogens that cause all sorts of problems.
 
I will not eat labgrown meat, I'm too old to want to even try it. But others might like the idea, so yeah, put it on the market and see if it sells.
 
I will say it was kind of funny to me, in a video I was watching about the lab-grown meat industry, when the interviewer was talking to one of the owners of a company producing lab-grown chicken when she said with confidence "It's 99% chicken."

Eh... that's not really selling it, lady.

I'd still try it, though.
 
How do you grow meat in a lab?
 
Perotista said:
How do you grow meat in a lab?
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They extract a small amount of muscle from the animal, break it down into cells, and then submerge them into an oxygenated nutrient bath that promotes normal cell growth and those chicken/cow/pig cells will grow into meat.
 
I'm vegetarian. I voted Yes - I would consider it - however I might feel a bit weird or reluctant. Nevertheless I cannot construct an argument for why I would refuse.
 
If it tastes good, ill eat it. But that is true of any food.
 
Yep. I'm familiar with tissue culture in the lab. Muscle cells are muscle cells. There are plenty of factors that could affect flavor, but I'm sure that they have taken that into account. If they can make soybeans taste pretty much identical to chicken nuggets and Impossible Whoppers out of plant based materials, meat from the actual cells shouldn't be too difficult to get right.
 
phoenix2020 said:
I'm vegetarian. I voted Yes - I would consider it - however I might feel a bit weird or reluctant. Nevertheless I cannot construct an argument for why I would refuse.
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My theory is that the morally opposed would answer yes while those who are vegetarian for health reasons would say no.
 
jmotivator said:
My theory is that the morally opposed would answer yes while those who are vegetarian for health reasons would say no.
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That's a reasonable hypothesis.

I am morally uncomfortable meat, but know that I can make either a meat or vegetarian diet work from a health perspective, so I suppose that's why I would entertain it. I certainly enjoy some of the Impossible products which I understand can seem rather close to the real thing.
 
Makes sense,as already mentioned when it gets up to scale will be the best way of doing things.
 

Yeah, I don't know how they would grow marbled steak in a lab, though I have seen companies that are taking lab grow meat and feeding it through a 3D printer to print fat marbling into the meat.

It's kind of dystopian now that I type it out.

Also there is a lot that contributes to meat flavor that I don't think can really be replicated in a lab environment.
 
Also worth mentioning that people with acquired Alpha-Gal Allergies (tick bite that makes you allergic to mammal meat) might actually be able to eat lab grown pork and beef... this wouldn't really drive the market, though.
 

My only demand is absolute 100 percent lab transparency about the entire process.
I want all Americans to have complete access to how it is made so there is no mystery and complete access to the methodology and the manufacturing processes.
In order for lab grown meat to be accepted, there can be NO corporate secrecy in this particular case...we get to see the entire process beginning to end and we get to
decide whether or not any source materials and stock are acceptable.

But if the feedstock, precursors and raw materials are safe and clean, and of course if the finished product tastes good, I would cheerfully eat it.
In fact, I don't even demand that it has to be a perfect or identical replacement.
It can be "its own flavor" if it is delicious.
Those outfits that succeed in duplicating meat perfectly can do their thing and other outfits can create and invent a whole new side trend.

I am also open to INSECT proteins but I make the exact same demands for transparency and regulation.
I have eaten scorpion, grasshopper, cicadas and locusts before as street food.
Look, many in the world have already been eating aquatic insects, so just because there is a move to trying out land-based insects, big deal.

And I've eaten various veggie meat alternatives, a few were actually pretty tasty but, they were "their own thing" and so I did not require them to be exact
copies of beef, just as long as they were tasty.

Now take my wife...
A big fat thumbs down on the whole thing, NO, NAY, NADA, NEIN, ICCK, EWW, GROSS.

<<<---- Her EWWW GROSS facial expression

"Go ahead, knock yourself out sweetie, but I am never gonna eat that shit."

What can I say, she's Chicago born and raised.
 
I am happy for others to be Guinea pigs on whether or not lab meat is safe. If it’s banned we’ll never know.
 
jmotivator said:
Yeah, I don't know how they would grow marbled steak in a lab
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If they take cells from marbled flesh shouldn't it reproduce to match its source?

No idea if this would be the case so I'm guessing.
 

I used to get Impossible burgers now and then from Burger King and they were OK. I wasn't fooled into thinking it was beef, but it was closer than some alternatives.

My only real issue with products like Impossible burgers is I think companies that server vegans and vegetarians should focus their lime on making unique and delicious vegan meals rather than trying to imitate meat.

I've eaten quite a few absolutely delicious vegan and vegetarian meals in my life that used no "Tofurkey" style substitutes and they make vegetarianism seem way more doable than any Impossible Burger ever did.
 
Allan said:
If they take cells from marbled flesh shouldn't it reproduce to match its source?

No idea if this would be the case so I'm guessing.
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I don't think so. Fat cells and muscle cells have differentiated at that point. I suppose if they harvest fat cells too it might work, but not I'm lost trying to figure out how the would make sure that the fat and muscle cells forms appropriate structures.... I guess that is where the 3D printing comes in...
 
jmotivator said:
Yeah, I don't know how they would grow marbled steak in a lab
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I think this is a marvelous opportunity to educate Americans on the entire process.
By the way, part of it is purely selfish but tough noogies if the folks in the industry don't like it: We should have enough access to the process to be able to small scale attempts on our own for our own use if we want.
That's the gift the industry has to offer. Most people will just buy it from companies but pioneering types should be able to set up their own facilities, perhaps as local coops.

Lab Meat for Victory, call it.

Local butchers could set up their own outfits, maybe some of them could become boutique lab meat manufacturers, with bespoke formulas, the whole nine yards.
 
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