A scientific quest to feed the world, protect animals and simultaneously cut down on greenhouse gas emissions is on the cusp of a major milestone in the U.S., advocates say.
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UPSIDE Foods says it can produce 50,000 pounds of cultivated chicken per year at its Emeryville, Calif., facility.cultivated meat for public sale and inspect facilities that produce it. The guidelines are expected sometime this year -- a final hurdle before the products can hit store shelves. Cultivated, or cultured-cell, meat is grown in steel bioreactors from animal stem cells that are fed a mixture of vitamins, fats, sugars and oxygen. The process results in real meat tissue without having to raise or slaughter an animal.the technique
"It takes two weeks to grow the equal to one chicken, a thousand chickens or 100,000 chickens," said Valeti, who is a cardiologist by training. What limits production is infrastructure. UPSIDE Foods in Emeryville, Calif., is the nation's first and largest cultivated meat facility which includes a test kitchen and full-time chef.As demand for meat products continues to soar globally, advocates and investors say cultivating meat has the potential to dramatically supplement and expand the world's existing food supply.
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