Lab-Grown Burgers Become So Cheap, They Might be in Supermarkets Soon

Sputnik International ^ | April 7, 2015

[Flick Lives]

I’ve heard there is a method to growing hamburgers which involves self replicating organisms. The darn things run on just grass and water. No electricity.

[faithhopecharity]

yucko!
(but probably still a shade better than McD?)

[Col Freeper]

I’m waiting for fish.

LOL, Didn't you get the PETA memo .... they're Sea Kittens now!

[catnipman]

$11.40 per burger patty is NOT econmical! Idiots.

[jjsheridan5]

This is actually true of most animals; even some we consider herbivores do eat animal products on occasion.

I know that squirrels will occasionally catch and kill prey. For some reason, I can't help but think that worse than the pain of being eaten alive would be the embarrassment of doing so at the hands of a squirrel.

As far as the beef goes, I hold out the hope that eventually they will get the process right, and every cut will be perfectly marbled, and even better than the real thing. In a few dozen years, it might be possible to have a cut of meat superior to a perfect prime rib, for all three meals (although, in that case, I think I would eat more than three meals a day).

[Paladin2]

Is that some sort of new age krap?

[Dawn53Fl]

When I saw this was happening in the Netherlands, where euthanasia is legal, the first thought that came to my mind is “Soylent green is people!”

We buy buffalo...more expensive than beef, but a heck of a lot cheaper than a “lab” burger.

[Paladin2]

My dogs would love to eat squirrel. They do get the ocassional bunny and ground hog. Way much less since I’m on to their conspiracy with the cat....

[beaversmom]

I think I’m going to hurl after reading the description. After reading that, I don’t even want regular meat.

[headstamp 2]

McDonalds Cloneburgers

[dangus]

$44 a pound is cost-effective?

[MaxMax]

What about natural nutrients, blah. Just because they can doesn't make it right.

[Fai Mao]

Can you imagine the protest of Fankenfood over this type stuff?

Geezes Cheeses the EU already hyperventilates over GM stuff. This is many times stranger

[matt1234]

[lee martell]

I used to hear the same excitement about the new and improved soy burgers. Some are palatable, after being candied up with strong spices, but soy meat remains a distant second choice for most who are given a choice of ingredients.

[Our man in washington]

Actually, if they got that to work cheaply and tastily, it would be pretty cool. If we reduced the land needed for meat in this country by 50 percent, it would free up about three Texases worth of space. Shouldn’t we conservatives be happy if more resources are available?

[Nowhere Man]

I remember reading about this back in the 1980’s. I thought it was gross then and it is gross now. Yechhhh!

[onedoug]

Personally, I like turkey burgers.

[antidisestablishment]

Well, I am not going to comment on the market value, or the ethics, but could this eventually offer a way to produce meat for long-term space exploration? It would make sense in that environment.

Many of the people commenting have obviously not been around commercial meat processing. While many cultures speak of using every part of the pig but the squeal, they have nothing on modern meat companies . Sausage-making has never been pretty, but chicken nuggets puts them all to shame. LOL

[bluejean]

The future looks more and more depressing every day.