Jared thank you for keeping us informed. This is a fantastic way to manufacture things that we need such as biodegradable plastics, or fuels, but I would raise a caution flag on our foods. While we can manufacture a meat-like substance the question is, does it really provide us with ALL of the nutrients we require in a way that our bodies can utilize it? As advanced as we are in our understanding of the human body there are still many, many things that we don't really know, one of those being the gut biome. Will our bodies truly be able to breakdown "franken-foods?" Will our "franken-foods" provide us an true, molecule for molecule, replacement for say grass fed beef? At this point that is no. Maybe someday we will be able to produce such foods, but as of today I think we are still short of the mark.
Jared thank you for keeping us informed. This is a fantastic way to manufacture things that we need such as biodegradable plastics, or fuels, but I would raise a caution flag on our foods. While we can manufacture a meat-like substance the question is, does it really provide us with ALL of the nutrients we require in a way that our bodies can utilize it? As advanced as we are in our understanding of the human body there are still many, many things that we don't really know, one of those being the gut biome. Will our bodies truly be able to breakdown "franken-foods?" Will our "franken-foods" provide us an true, molecule for molecule, replacement for say grass fed beef? At this point that is no. Maybe someday we will be able to produce such foods, but as of today I think we are still short of the mark.
100% agreed. Is it still meat if it doesn’t come from a body? I wrote about this in an earlier newsletter “There is no sacred cow”
Very good article and insights
Nice article .I was supprised to find that a leader in this area is GE.
Thanks for reading!