Billionaires and big ag are joining venture investors to fund lab-grown meat

Post by ggreer » Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 3:04 AM UTC

mmisu wrote: post #76

maxerickson wrote: post #28

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It would probably be illegal to market a product that wasn't butter as "Clean Butter", because there are rules about labeling things as butter. So I won't be surprised if the animal products industry lobbies for rules about what can be called meat (or if such rules already exist). Of course such labeling concerns don't apply to an internet discussion, but they do indicate that people care about what's in a name.

> Of course such labeling concerns don't apply to an internet discussion, but they do indicate that people care about what's in a name. Calling something clean meat , based purely on arbitrary ethical grounds, implies that what other people eat and call meat is somehow unclean. It is a value judgement on the others .

Post by tray5 » Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 3:11 AM UTC

mmisu wrote: post #23

sethbannon wrote: post #5

For those that are curious, as an early investor and advocate for clean meat, I wrote about my experience eating Memphis Meats' products and why their solution is so much better than convention meat production: https://medium.com/@sethbannon/i-just-ate-meat-for-the-first...

I find it disingenous to call meat grown in a lab clean meat . Would you call Margarine clean butter ?

Post by mmisu » Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 3:40 AM UTC

ggreer wrote: post #81

mmisu wrote: post #76

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> Of course such labeling concerns don't apply to an internet discussion, but they do indicate that people care about what's in a name. Calling something clean meat , based purely on arbitrary ethical grounds, implies that what other people eat and call meat is somehow unclean. It is a value judgement on the others .

I assumed "clean" referred to the fact that lab-grown tissue would have a much lower risk of disease. Animals have digestive tracts full of bacteria, and farms aren't exactly pristine. Every year in the US, meat-borne pathogens kill thousands and sicken millions.[1] 1. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/5/99-0502_article

Post by mmisu » Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 3:46 AM UTC

yellowapple wrote: post #56

maxerickson wrote: post #28

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It would probably be illegal to market a product that wasn't butter as "Clean Butter", because there are rules about labeling things as butter. So I won't be surprised if the animal products industry lobbies for rules about what can be called meat (or if such rules already exist). Of course such labeling concerns don't apply to an internet discussion, but they do indicate that people care about what's in a name.

Usually, though, lab-grown meat is actually meat. It's possible that it'd have to be labeled "synthetic" or "lab-grown" (similar to how synthetic diamonds are named), but claiming that meat is not meat is nonsensical.

Post by ericdykstra » Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 4:01 AM UTC

ethnic_throw wrote: post #12

Danihan wrote: post #4

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I love how highly, highly processed foods are suddenly A-OK to many people here once it's a fake meat product. Whatever happened to the concept of, "Eat real food?" Full Ingredient List: >Water, Textured Wheat Protein, Coconut Oil, Potato Protein, Natural Flavors, 2% or less of: Leghemoglobin (soy), Yeast Extract, Salt, Soy Protein Isolate, Konjac Gum, Xanthan Gum, Thiamin (Vitamin B1), Zinc, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Ribo…

Is MSG considered an artificial flavoring? I was under the impression that it is both naturally occurring in biology and that its health problems are greatly over-exaggerated. Nonetheless, point taken.