{"id":13946,"date":"2023-11-09T11:05:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1401421"},"modified":"2023-11-09T11:05:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:05:53","slug":"your-pets-can-now-eat-meat-thats-grown-in-a-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=13946","title":{"rendered":"Your pets can now eat meat that\u2019s \u2018grown\u2019 in a lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Good news, cats and dogs: you can now legally eat lab-grown meat.<\/p>\n

The milestone comes courtesy of a world-first permit for cultivated pet food. Czech startup<\/a> Bene Meat Technologies received the inaugural license from the EU on Wednesday. <\/span><\/p>\n

The company can now produce and sell the futuristic cuisine, which is made from cells taken from living animals. <\/span><\/p>\n

After extraction, the cells are placed in a bioreactor and grown into muscle tissue. The flesh is then formed into the desired shape.<\/p>\n

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The process could reduce emissions and prevent animal suffering, while creating meat that\u2019s indistinguishable from farmed produce. It could also be big business: <\/span>McKinsey predicts<\/span><\/a> the market could reach $25bn by 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

This cash is projected to come primarily from human consumption,<\/a> but Bene Meat is focused on our furry friends. The company proffers several reasons for this strategy.<\/p>\n

One is the product\u2019s cost<\/a>. Cultivated meat is notoriously expensive to develop, but Bene Meat claims that it can offer competitive costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be targeting a similar price level as existing premium pet food ingredients,\u201d Tom\u00e1\u0161 Kube\u0161, the startup\u2019s head of strategic projects, told TNW. \u201cThis differentiates us from existing competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>The lab-grown pet food could be available in 2024. Credit: Bene Meat<\/figcaption>