Post by account_disabled on Mar 16, 2024 0:52:00 GMT -5
If you didn't know, the amount of meat humans consume around the world has increased rapidly over the decades and meat production is now at an all-time high. According to the Worldwatch Institute, meat production has tripled in the last forty years, increasing by 20 percent in the last decade alone. And more meat production leads to more carbon emissions that fuel climate change.
Since the issue has become a major issue, companies around the world have been working on eco-friendly alternatives to meat products. You may remember our previous coverage of Impossible Foods' Impossible Burgers and how they are almost identical to Redefine Meat's regular burgers and 3D-printed steaks .
One such company is Upside Foods, a cultured meat company based in Berkley, California, and it claims that its vast 53,000 sq. ft. facility is the most advanced lab-grown meat facility in the w Caseno Email List orld, yet.
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“The most advanced meat growing facility in the world”
The facility is renewable powered by vats and tubes and is known by the name: Engineering, Production and Innovation Center, or “EPIC.” The first of its kind, the facility is expected to produce 22,680 kg of commercial cultured meat.
“We are committed to completely separating our production process from animal slaughter,” the company says. “Our goal is to bring animal- and component-free products to market as soon as we can.”
But how does the technology work behind the scenes? Basically, the team collects cells from live animals in bioreactors and bathes them in nutrients that help them grow to actual meal size. “We feed the cells with a variety of nutrients (amino acids, sugars, trace elements and vitamins) that are normally found in food and whose composition is similar to that developed organically in the animal body, only in a different format,” explains Upside Foods. The starting cells are obtained through "a variety of methods," the site says, including "biopsies from live animals, eggs, fisheries, and recently slaughtered animals that were already part of the food system."
What's revolutionary about Upside Foods' new facility is the fact that the company is completely transparent when it comes to business. While the company has not yet received the green light from the FDA, the facility is expected to open in January 2022. Once open, Upside Foods says visitors can enter the facility to take tours and try products.
While this transition to “fake” meat and/or meat products is cruelty-free, it is also very beneficial for the environment. Upside Foods claims that “cell-cultured meat can require up to 90% less land and water, and emit up to 90% less greenhouse gases.” With fewer carbon emissions and smaller areas required for cultured meat production, we could avoid more damage to the earth by choosing lab-grown products instead of the real thing.
Since the issue has become a major issue, companies around the world have been working on eco-friendly alternatives to meat products. You may remember our previous coverage of Impossible Foods' Impossible Burgers and how they are almost identical to Redefine Meat's regular burgers and 3D-printed steaks .
One such company is Upside Foods, a cultured meat company based in Berkley, California, and it claims that its vast 53,000 sq. ft. facility is the most advanced lab-grown meat facility in the w Caseno Email List orld, yet.
Biomilq, a lab-grown breast milk startup.
“The most advanced meat growing facility in the world”
The facility is renewable powered by vats and tubes and is known by the name: Engineering, Production and Innovation Center, or “EPIC.” The first of its kind, the facility is expected to produce 22,680 kg of commercial cultured meat.
“We are committed to completely separating our production process from animal slaughter,” the company says. “Our goal is to bring animal- and component-free products to market as soon as we can.”
But how does the technology work behind the scenes? Basically, the team collects cells from live animals in bioreactors and bathes them in nutrients that help them grow to actual meal size. “We feed the cells with a variety of nutrients (amino acids, sugars, trace elements and vitamins) that are normally found in food and whose composition is similar to that developed organically in the animal body, only in a different format,” explains Upside Foods. The starting cells are obtained through "a variety of methods," the site says, including "biopsies from live animals, eggs, fisheries, and recently slaughtered animals that were already part of the food system."
What's revolutionary about Upside Foods' new facility is the fact that the company is completely transparent when it comes to business. While the company has not yet received the green light from the FDA, the facility is expected to open in January 2022. Once open, Upside Foods says visitors can enter the facility to take tours and try products.
While this transition to “fake” meat and/or meat products is cruelty-free, it is also very beneficial for the environment. Upside Foods claims that “cell-cultured meat can require up to 90% less land and water, and emit up to 90% less greenhouse gases.” With fewer carbon emissions and smaller areas required for cultured meat production, we could avoid more damage to the earth by choosing lab-grown products instead of the real thing.