Re:Startup claims to have created first test tube meatball
by nickhalfasleep on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @09:15AM
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If you make anything in a testing laboratory, it's going to be extreme. It's a whole other process (even profession) to make industrial quantities of something for production. I think the market demand will be considerable for a tasty protein source.
Re:Startup claims to have created first test tube meatball
by qrendel on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:11PM
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I don't see what the preference is over plant-based imitation meat products, which are already in the same price range as animal-based meat products.
Some of the plant-based products may have a marginally different flavor or texture, but ground beef in particular is remarkably identical to the "real thing," in my experience.
> As of right now, it costs about $18,000 to produce one pound of Memphis Meats' ground beef, compared to the $4 a pound in most US grocery stores, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
These figures are obviously a little fuzzy when not broken down to account for subsidies, equipment/research costs amortized over different populations/periods, etc., but that's a pretty big gap to cross.