Lab-grown burgers have no shortage of funding for start-ups
Growing demand for meat alternatives is driving research with production costs falling dramatically as scalability increases
09 July 2019 - 19:08
Madrid/Zurich — Lab-grown meat, first introduced to the world six years ago in the form of a $280,000 hamburger, could hit supermarket shelves at $10 a patty within two years, European start-ups told Reuters.
Consumers concerned about climate change, animal welfare and their own health are fueling interest in so-called clean meat, with the number of associated business start-ups climbing from four at the end of 2016 to more than two dozen two years later, according to the Good Food Institute market researcher...
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