Lab-Grown Meat even more harmful to the environment than natural meat
|Lab-grown meat, touted as a solution to save the environment and the planet, as publications like The Guardian celebrated, and UK supermarkets already began to sell, the meat faces a significant setback according to a recent study from the University of California.
The study reveals that lab-grown meat, which requires “pharmaceutical-grade” production for human consumption, can be up to 25 times worse for the environment. The main challenge lies in removing endotoxin from the cultured mix, a substance that even in minute amounts can significantly reduce IVF pregnancy success rates.
The research suggests that cultured meat is not inherently better for the environment than conventional beef, with efficient beef production outperforming lab-grown meat by four to 25 times. This calls for greater investment in more climate-friendly beef production methods to achieve emissions reductions.
These findings challenge the prevailing narrative around lab-grown meat, which has garnered significant attention and investment. The study raises concerns about the uncertainties and lack of accounting for endotoxin removal in past scientific considerations of lab-grown meat. It also highlights the economic and environmental costs associated with refining methods to remove endotoxin.
The implications of this study could disrupt the growing popularity of lab-grown meat, which has received uncritical coverage in the mainstream media. Earlier predictions of a substantial market share for lab-grown meat within the food industry by 2035 are now in question.
The study urges a focus on solving key issues, such as developing environmentally friendly methods for endotoxin removal, before scaling up lab-grown meat production to align with environmental goals.
Mind while, developing lab-grown meat, which involves cultivating meat by culturing animal cells, is now expected to make up almost a quarter of global meat consumption by 2035, according to a new report by GovGrant.
The Grocery Iazzet reports that UK is set to become the world’s leading lab-grown meet producer. And great funding is behind this movement, promoted by capital investment interests groups. Just recently, UK organizations have received £28.55 million in investment for the lab-grown meat market, falling behind only Israel, the Netherlands, Singapore, and the US.
“Currently, UK cultured meat company HigherSteaks has received the largest amount of capital investment of any company in the UK sector, sitting in sixth place for Europe.For the UK as a whole, the report shows that it’s forecasted cultured meat market has over half the value of all major European markets.”
The Grosery Gazzet predicts the lab-grown Meet industrial complex is expect to see an acceleration in the number of lab-grown meet patents filed in the coming months and years – and plenty of new faces in the sector.
Developing lab-grown meat is expected to make up almost a quarter of global meat consumption by 2035, according to a new report by GovGrant.