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World’s first lab-grown lion meat as climate-friendly ‘cultivated’ food arrives in UK
Yahoo News ^ | 30 March 2022 | Emily Atkinson

Posted on 04/02/2022 2:57:02 AM PDT by Trillian

Food producers are encouraging climate-conscious consumers to make the switch from plant-based alternatives to lab-grown exotic meats in a bid to preserve the planet.

‘Cultivated’ lion burgers, tiger steaks and zebra sushi rolls are among the products being pitched by a food-tech startup, that it hopes will eventually be made widely available for purchase.

Once the products have passed regulatory approvals, Primeval Foods said Michelin-starred restaurants in London will be among the first to sample its dishes, with further plans to expand on a larger scale, even to local supermarkets.

Cultivated meat is a production method that allows companies to produce food from any species without slaughtering animals.

It is produced by cultivating animal cells directly, which allows producers to replicate the sensory and nutritional profiles of conventional meat.

The idea behind the method is that it eliminates the need to raise and farm animals for food and is broadly regarded as a means of conserving land and water, preserving habitat, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and preventing manure pollution and antibiotic overuse.

Since cultivated meat is not yet produced on an industrial scale, there is still relative uncertainty around its benefits in preserving the planet.

But scientists extensively conclude that the overall environmental impacts of cultured meat production are substantially lower than those of conventionally produced meat.

According to a study on its environmental impacts, production of cultivated meat involves approximately 7–45 per cent less energy use than conventionally produced European meat.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: beef4oligarchs; cultivatedmeats; fakemeat; labgrown; lionmeat; lionmeat4littleguys; primevalfoods
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1 posted on 04/02/2022 2:57:02 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian
...approximately 7–45 per cent less energy...

And 100% less taste. Other than that, it's just dandy.

2 posted on 04/02/2022 3:07:52 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Trillian

Soylent green.


3 posted on 04/02/2022 3:11:34 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: Trillian

Meanwhile, beef is still on the menu at Patliament’s dining room/s.


4 posted on 04/02/2022 3:12:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Trillian

First, why at all? Second, why lion meat?

Oh, well.


5 posted on 04/02/2022 3:13:25 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Trillian

I wonder who saved the planet before these geniuses were born?


6 posted on 04/02/2022 3:13:29 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: Trillian

They don’t dare call it hamburger because it tastes so bad, but nobody knows what lion meat tastes like so when it tastes like siht you just assume that’s what lion tastes like.


7 posted on 04/02/2022 3:21:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Depopulate the depopulationists. --FJB)
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To: Trillian

RUN!!! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN FROM THIS!!! CAT FOOD?? WHO EATS CATS......other ALF?


8 posted on 04/02/2022 3:29:58 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Trillian
Serious question to all the hunters here at Free Republic, as well as to anyone else competent to weigh in on the matter:

Isn't a "rule of thumb" that the flesh of carnivores is generally not good-tasting?

Regards,

9 posted on 04/02/2022 3:34:53 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Libloather

But it’s good for the environment, and only twice the price of what you would pay for real meat.


10 posted on 04/02/2022 3:36:23 AM PDT by Smellin Salt
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11 posted on 04/02/2022 3:48:09 AM PDT by pricilla (one should always try to be smarter than the equipment one is operating - Amajato)
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To: Trillian

“in a bid to preserve the planet.”

Yes, the planet is rotting, we have to preserve it by getting it to the proper temperature which we are never told just what that is or get the CO2 level to the proper percentage which again we are never told what that is. It’s been 0.04% forever which is pretty much zero point zero but of course that has to be reduced as if we have any power to change 5,000 trillion metric tons of atmosphere in the first place.


12 posted on 04/02/2022 3:53:00 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Trillian
Lion meat. That ought to be appealing to vegans and vegetarians.

What about puppy and kitten meat?

13 posted on 04/02/2022 3:55:57 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Trillian

Is this an April Fools joke?


14 posted on 04/02/2022 4:22:24 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Trillian

Has the media gotten the requisite soundbite from Carole Baskin at Big Cat Rescue yet? That almost seems to be a legal requirement...

/here, kitty kitty
/justice for Don Lewis


15 posted on 04/02/2022 4:25:02 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I remember years ago reading excerpts from Trappers journals and other interviews of Trappers from the 1800s and several indicated that they enjoyed cat meat as one of their favorites. So I’m assuming they were talking about mountain lions or cougars or such, and as a species or genus perhaps cats do taste good... But I’ll never know that.


16 posted on 04/02/2022 5:25:47 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I remember years ago reading excerpts from Trappers journals and other interviews of Trappers from the 1800s and several indicated that they enjoyed cat meat as one of their favorites. So I’m assuming they were talking about mountain lions or cougars or such, and as a species or genus perhaps cats do taste good... But I’ll never know that.


17 posted on 04/02/2022 5:25:50 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Trillian

This isn’t good. It’ll be a gateway to artificial domestic cat meat.

Who’ll get rid of the little bastards then???


18 posted on 04/02/2022 5:30:05 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Trillian

Same problem as fake ivory - this instills the interest in the real thing. Worse actually, in this case as we’re talking about a consumable item.

“Hmm…pretty good - how close is it to the real thing? “


19 posted on 04/02/2022 5:30:22 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Trillian
According to a study on its environmental impacts, production of cultivated meat involves approximately 7–45 per cent less energy use than conventionally produced European meat.

Sure it does. Yup, I really believe that.

Right……

20 posted on 04/02/2022 5:52:06 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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