The Science of Meat

Posted on February 20, 2012 at 11:48 am by Bob Cesca

MMMMmmmmmmm! Deeeeeelicious.

By generating strips of meat from stem cells researchers believe they can create a product that is identical to a real burger.

The process of culturing the artificial meat in the lab is so laborious that the finished product, expected to arrive in eight months’ time, will cost about £220,000 (EUR250,000).

But researchers expect that after producing their first patty they will be able to scale up the process to create affordable artificial meat products.

A while back, Colbert did a thing about artificial meat and it was easily one of his funniest bits ever.

“Shmeat! Is inescapable future of humanity!”

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  • Ned F

    Shmeat! it tastes like shmicken!

    • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

      I can’t wait til they create shfish and shlamb.

  • Not Sayin

    Why? Who would want to eat synthetic meat? That’s just creepy and weird and disturbing.

    • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

      Have you looked at the ingredients on a package lately? There’s all manner of synthetic stuff in your food.

      • Not Sayin

        As a matter of fact, I look at ingredients all the time. And there’s a whole list of things I won’t purchase or eat due to “synthetic stuff”, GMO derivatives, outright poison (arsenic) etc.

  • http://www.osborneink.com OsborneInk

    Let’s understand one very important thing about science like this: you don’t know, and cannot predict, what a successful experiment will mean. For instance, it may mean that astronauts get a compact supply of renewable protein for long space flights. It may also lead to a cure for cancer or biodegradable carpet fibers. We won’t know until these things happen, and we won’t get to those things unless there’s a shmeat experiment.

    • http://www.twitter.com/bobcesca_go Bob Cesca

      You know what? You’re goddamn right.

  • http://twitter.com/SugaRazor Razor

    I’m with Osborne. Uber lefties are freaked out that this means they’re going to soon eat Frankenfood, but this could lead to a solution to world hunger or perhaps an end to animals suffering for our diet. It’s something we have to look into.

    • eljefejeff

      exactly. not to mention the environmental destruction caused by raising cows. Overall this looks like a better solution than beef production.

    • incredulous72

      When I first read the post, my mind immediately went to, “We’re two steps away from Soylent Green.”

      However, once I read OsbourneInk’s comment, I realized that this is just step one of a long process that we don’t know where it will lead but it could lead to something great.

      So I feel much better now.