New Food’s Grace Galler speaks to Che Connon about the innovation process behind the world’s first cultivated steak.
The cultivated meat industry seems to have a lot going on right now. Just a few months ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light to Upside Foods’ lab grown chicken, causing a food industry frenzy. Meanwhile many researchers across the world had been refining their own cultivated meat products, hoping to get them to market in the near future.
Earlier in February 2023, UK based scientists at Newcastle University claimed that they created the world’s first cultivated pork steak. Hoping to find out more about the innovation process and the methods behind its creation, New Food’s Grace Galler spoke to Che Connon, Professor of Tissue Engineering at Newcastle University, about the steps that went into this landmark creation.
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