• magnetosphere
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    1819 days ago

    I was mostly thinking about taste and texture. I never even considered that the CO2 impact might be worse. That sucks.

    • @ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      319 days ago

      From what I’ve read lab grown meat is mushy, like a chicken nugget, because it’s basically a paste that’s extruded into a steak like shape. Been a few years since I’ve read up on it though so maybe they have a new way of dealing with it

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        319 days ago

        They’ve been making many strides in terms of texture. Last I saw, they were completely growing cell cultures that produced a ground-beef like texture and look.

        • @ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          19 days ago

          Yeah exactly, ground beef or extruded/separated meat texture.

          Same problem that companies like impossible and beyond can’t overcome. The structure of muscle tissue (eg a steak or chicken breast) is tremendously difficult to replicate and that texture is what people love

          It’s still a great thing for animal welfare