As we grew up, we were always told that any food we weren’t sure about, “tastes like chicken.”
Well, it looks like chicken and tastes like chicken, but diners in Israel are actually eating laboratory-grown "meat" that scientists claim is an environmentally friendly way to feed the world's growing population.
In a small restaurant, in a science park in the central Israeli town of Ness Ziona, diners munched burgers and minced meat rice rolls made with "cultured chicken" -- meat grown in the adjacent SuperMeat production site.
The comments?
"It was delicious, the flavour was great," said Gilly Kanfi, a self-described "meat eater" from Tel Aviv, who had signed up for the meal months in advance.
“If I didn't know, I would have thought it was a regular chicken burger."
The Chicken, as the eatery is called, is a testing ground of sorts for SuperMeat, hosting periodical test meals to generate customer feedback while waiting for regulatory approval.
How does it work?
Cell cultures are fed a plant-based liquid including proteins, fats, sugars, minerals and vitamins.
With all the feed going directly into production, it grows rapidly, with the mass doubling within a matter of hours, the company says.
We have another example of how chicken is tested…
