Lab-Cultured Meat

Do you really know what is in your meat? What about what happens to the meat after it is slaughtered? Fortunately, the conditions have gotten much better throughout the years. But many years ago, in the early 1900s meat consumers bought spoiled and rat infested hams that were produced by the meat industries. Nowadays, the meat industry has improved to a certain extent. Today, about 80% of all U.S. feedlots are injected with hormones (Lerner). Americans should know what they are eating. This is important in the meat industry because they are the producers of all the meat that we eat. The meat industry has improved and is much better than the 1900s, but still not at as ideal as everyone thinks it really is.

Holy cow, I haven’t eaten any beef or any red meat in over thirteen years. When I first saw the topic of this essay to discuss the primary differences between grass fed and corn fed beef. I had thought to myself hmmm I was thinking all cows had just ate grass. I always thought cow’s were slow food because they ate grass but I wondered how so much beef was being produced so fast, but then I thought about all the chicken steroid stories. Cows are ruminants designed by nature to stay healthy and be totally sustained taking nourishment on grass and only grass. Cows, have stomachs that are designed to digest grass. But of demand and because cattle producers are so profit driven, their operations use the cheapest

Lab-grown meat, otherwise known as synthetic meat, or cultured meat is made “using muscle tissue from animal stem cells in a lab rather than harvesting from livestock” (Hultin). Consuming lab-grown meat will be healthier than traditional meats. Vitamins and minerals could be enhanced in lab-grown meats, the unhealthy components such as saturated fat could be decreased in lab-grown meats, and diseases and pathogens that come from animals could be eliminated in lab-grown meats (Hultin). By removing the unhealthy elements and keeping the beneficial nutrients of lab-grown meats will help to sustain Earth’s growing population if there was an issue with food security. Also, producing lab-grown meats will positively impact the environment. As stated by Ginger Hultin, a Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and

By not consuming animal products people are slowly solving the problem with animal welfare. About 56 billion animals die every year due to the daily intake humans consume (Google). This is obviously a problem, and I can’t understand why people would want to disagree.

Ed. Vegan Peace. Wanda Embar, 2008. Web. 12 Nov. 2015. Listing the source for providing animals subject to experimentation, this website gives details procedures and examples of what the animals go through and how badly they are treated. It also gives multiple cases of where animal testing was strictly unreliable and caused great mishap among many communities relying on this treacherousness. This website pinpoints exact companies and their involvement in the controversy whereas other sources would have given a rough idea. It also provides graphic pictures exhibiting the condition of the animals undergoing experimentation which provides a brief over view of the creatures after or during testing. Many alternatives are discussed in this website to assure that there is another option instead of hurting innocent animals in the unreliable task of

Meat is one of the most basic building blocks of human life. We have relied on meat in one way or another virtually since the dawn of time. Humans as a whole have become almost dependent on the constant and readily available supply of meat, in some way or another. Yet, what our over consumption of animal meat has done to the meat market is unacceptable, to say the least. Industrialized meat has left such a stain on the environment, human health, and the overall well-being of the animals we consume. In the article, “Tenderloin’s a Steal, But At What Moral Price?” by John Kessler, the question of whether or not to buy the industrially raised tenderloin or spend a few extra bucks on the sustainably raised tenderloin comes up. To lessen the

We’ve all heard environmentalists explain what global warming is, why it’s dangerous, and what we can do to stop it. People protest against auto emissions and fossil fuel daily. “ But the one industry that produces more greenhouse gases than all the SUV’s, cars, ships, planes, and trucks in the world combined, has carefully avoided scrutiny” (Goveg.com). Often overlooked in environmental destruction is the meat industry. This industry has a major source of deforestation, wasted natural resources, and pollution. As consumers we expect our food to be safe, but Americans should pay more attention and fear what may affect our environment in the future.

Since this technology is fairly new and is undergoing development, it has not reached the hands of consumers as yet. Dr. Post plans on having a public display of taste testing the hamburger. He has already tried the meat in his lab and claimed that without any fat, the tissue “tastes reasonably good”. There are questions regarding safety and costs, however, whether this meat could affect our organs and make them weaker or indirectly harm in a way like alter DNA as red meat does, and whether this technology can improve enough to make the costs go down to produce in-vitro meat. One last concern is whether more than one square centimeter of muscle meat can

I do agree that animals should have the same rights as we do, but must argue that animals do have feelings. In the video Meet your meat you see that animals being slaughtered for meat and you see how they yelp and screech as they feel this pain. They have a want, a will to live just as we do and who can say if they should live just for our consumption. If people had to watch where the animal came from and what it went through to get to the supermarket do you feel that they should still buy the meat? Furthermore, with the different cultures that kill animals for their religion should not be condoned either. There are religions that have scared animals such as the cow and do not kill these animals for consumption. Do you feel that these religions

Cloned meat has been founded on December 28 2006, the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) gave preliminary approval for meat and dairy products from cloned animals to be sold as food for human consumption. They also stated that labeling of cloned food would not be required because of the approval of the FDA. When they stated that cloned meat didn’t require labeling for their food products, which automatically brought up a red flag because people should have the right to know whether or not they’re eating cloned offspring or home grown meat. How would that make you feel; what would your reaction be? Well let me tell you; you might feel disgusted, clueless, or confused, because you wouldn’t have any idea of what

The time has come for a new era of meat products. Lab-grown meat is now getting ready to hit the shelves! So far, the idea of all the bloodshed while farming animals for meat has been of distaste even for meat lovers. Memphis Meats has come up with an innovative idea of using animal cells grown in the lab to be used as meat. This idea is environment-friendly and humane as well. Uma Valeti, the CEO of Memphis Meats truly believes lab-grown meat to be the future.

Veggie burgers and imitation milk. Not everybody’s first choice for making a meal. Although the demand for meatless products is a growing market, many are opposed to the idea of eating “fake” meat. An upstart company called Impossible Foods, has changed the face of meatless meat with their new product. It is being praised for its likeness to actual beef. An article titled “The End of Meat?” by Financial Post states that “It’s crispy brown on the outside and juicy pink on the inside. It sizzles when it cooks, gives off a meaty smell and even bleeds.” (Brownell, 2016) The introduction of this product creates a situation that mirrors many of the topics touched on in Eveline Adomait’s Cocktail Party Economics.

A current advancement in food science is the development of certified cultured beef. Certified cultured beef is consumable beef that is biologically cultured in a laboratory. To create this beef, there are two methods used: scaffolding and self-organizing, also known as the in-vitro method. Both the scaffolding and the in-vitro methods use tools to extract parts of an animal’s skeletal muscle to build the meat; however, the muscle parts grow differently and the developed meats vary in size.

Let’s think about the best burger you’ve tried; can you imagine a delicious burger that is 100% made from plants? You may say, “That’s impossible.” But Impossible Foods Inc. has made a massive breakthrough in the food industry by creating a totally plant-based burger. In order to avoid taking huge toll on our planet, their scientists’ team invents new ways to make food. They research the unique sizzle, smell and juiciness of beef, pork, chicken, or even fish, and then find the right ingredients from nature to achieve the creation of their first product - the impossible burger. Importantly, adding “heme”, which is from fermentation of building block in organisms,

Implantation of HGP in meat- is a highly controversial issue not only in New Zealand but also around the world. There is also many myths and misconceptions surrounding added HPG’s in the meat that we consume. In this report I will be discussing the effects of HGP in meat, the opinions for and against this procedure and also my own personal stance and proposed societal action.