Right now, the pricier components of growth media – the nutrient-rich broth used to feed cells that will turn into cultivated meat – are typically produced by armies of microbes engineered to churn out recombinant proteins in big steel bioreactors. But could the humble fruit fly give these tiny bio-factories a run for their money, and in so doing help transform the economics of cell-cultured meat?
Test-tube meat could be the sustainable and ethical way forward
Lab-grown meat Since the unveiling of a laboratory-produced meatball in 2016, UPSIDE Foods created the world’s first lab-grown chicken filet and duck à l'orange. Roughly 45-50% of the world’s land surface area...