• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 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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      4 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.

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        4 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