{"id":15349,"date":"2024-07-18T15:48:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1408613"},"modified":"2024-07-18T15:48:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:48:07","slug":"uk-approves-first-cultivated-meat-sales-in-europe-but-only-for-pet-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=15349","title":{"rendered":"UK approves first cultivated meat sales in Europe \u2014 but only for pet food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cultivated meat is finally approved for sale in Europe \u2014 but don\u2019t break out the fine China just yet. The first dishes are exclusively reserved for pets.<\/p>\n<p>Our furry friends can now legally dine on cultivated chicken from <a href=\"https:\/\/meatly.pet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meatly<\/a>, a startup based in London.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced on Monday that British regulators have rubber-stamped sales of the product.<\/p>\n<p>By providing the green-light, the UK has become the first European country to commercialise lab-grown meat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\" readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\" readability=\"12\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The <\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the start of a viable and sustainable alternative to traditional dog food,\u201d Meatly\u2019s CEO and founder, Owen Ensor, told TNW.<\/p>\n<p>That sustainability derives from bringing the farm to the lab.<\/p>\n<h2>Meatly\u2019s model<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Meatly produces pet food from cultivated meat\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"\n\n<style>*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}<\/style>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HBVRROASWLM?feature=oembed&amp;autoplay=1&amp;mute=1&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;theme=light&amp;playsinline=1'><img src='https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/HBVRROASWLM\/hqdefault.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><img src='https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cyberdelia\/assets\/img\/ytplaybtn-hover.png' style='top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;opacity:0;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)'><\/a>&#8221; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meat production<span> consumes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org.uk\/news\/why-meat-is-bad-for-the-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">vast natural resources<\/a> and leaves a heavy carbon footprint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meatly plans to soften these blows to our planet.&nbsp;<\/span><span>The startup first extracts cells from a single chicken egg. Just one sample is required for the entire production run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The extracts are then cultivated in large containers, which control temperature and pH levels. Nutrients are inserted to ensure that the cells grow big and strong. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Finally, they\u2019re formed into pet food that resembles the products found on supermarket shelves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A similar process has been applied by various European <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/startups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">startups<\/a>, from Germany\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/next.thenextweb.com\/news\/bluu-seafood-cultivated-fish-european-plant\">Bluu Seafood<\/a>&nbsp;to the Netherlands\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/dutch-are-world-leaders-in-lab-grown-meat-but-cant-eat-it-meatable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meatable<\/a>. But their<span> delicacies<\/span>&nbsp;typically target human appetites.<\/p>\n<p>Meatly has good reasons to focus on our four-legged friends. One is the sustainability impact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/would-you-feed-your-dog-insects-to-help-the-planet_uk_5c371958e4b045f676890c63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pets are estimated<\/a> to eat 20% of the world\u2019s meat and fish.<\/p>\n<p>Another draw of Meatly\u2019s model is the path to market.<\/p>\n<p>Cultivated meat for humans has <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/dutch-are-world-leaders-in-lab-grown-meat-but-cant-eat-it-meatable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struggled to gain approval<\/a> for consumption and sale in <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a>. Pet food, the thinking goes, will have lower regulatory barriers. But will the owners buy the products?<\/p>\n<h2>Commercialising cultivated meat for pets<\/h2>\n<p>We asked TNW\u2019s Linnea Ahlgren, the owner of a 17-week-old cavapoo, whether she would purchase cultivated pet food.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn the choice between cultivated meat or meat from a slaughterhouse, then as long as the former has been deemed safe then it\u2019s a no-brainer,\u201d she said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur dog is doing incredibly well on insect-based feed, but for breeds that don\u2019t or for cats that absolutely need the taurine in meat to be healthy it could be a good option.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At Meatly, that option is now being refined. The <span>startup plans<\/span> to launch s<span>amples of commercially-available pet food this year. Mass production<\/span> is slated to start within three years.<\/p>\n<p>There are still <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/05\/opinions\/lab-grown-meat-expensive-distraction-driver\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">scale and cost hurdles<\/a> to overcome, but Ensor has a growing sense of optimism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to seeing innovators in this space grow and help bring cultivated meat to the masses,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd not just for our four-legged friends!\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/meatly-cultivated-meat-pet-food-approved\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cultivated meat is finally approved for sale in Europe \u2014 but don\u2019t break out the fine China just yet. The first dishes are exclusively reserved for pets. 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