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Newswise — Experiments for NASA space missions have shown that small amounts of edible meat can be created in a lab. But the technology that could grow chicken nuggets without the chicken, on a large scale, may not be just a science fiction fantasy. In a paper in the June 29 issue of Tissue Engineering, a team of scientists, including University of Maryland doctoral student Jason Matheny, propose two new techniques of tissue engineering that may one day lead to affordable production of in vitro – lab grown -- meat for human consumption. It is the first peer-reviewed discussion of...

Why is a popular--and healthy--meat substitute under such relentless attack? Tony Soprano has nothing on the Center For Science In The Public Interest. Fresh from deep-sixing Olestra, Procter & Gamble's noncaloric fat substitute, it's now trying to whack a popular and healthy meat substitute called Quorn , from U.K.-based Marlow Foods Ltd. , a unit of AstraZeneca . Made from a fungus called "mycoprotein," it's used in 90 imitation beef and chicken products and is Europe's top-selling meat alternative. No matter that Quorn received approval from the Food & Drug Administration early this year, after a rigorous five-year process. "This...

The Other Fake MeatFriday, August 30, 2002 By Steven Milloy You might think the anti-meat food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest would be cheering the new meat substitute Quorn. Instead, CSPI is scaring the public and bad-mouthing Quorn to the Food and Drug Administration. Quorn is "the processed cellular mass that is obtained from the filamentous fungus Fusarium venenatum strain PTA-2684," according to the manufacturer's application to the FDA. The fungus by-product was approved in the U.K. in 1985 and is the top-selling meat substitute in Europe. The FDA approved Quorn in the U.S. last...

<p>You might think the anti-meat food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest would be cheering the new meat substitute Quorn.</p> <p>Instead, CSPI is scaring the public and bad-mouthing Quorn to the Food and Drug Administration.</p> <p>Quorn is "the processed cellular mass that is obtained from the filamentous fungus Fusarium venenatum strain PTA-2684," according to the manufacturer's application to the FDA. The fungus by-product was approved in the U.K. in 1985 and is the top-selling meat substitute in Europe.</p>