01 Jul 2024
China food scientists combine lab-grown pork & chicken with rice
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Researchers in Beijing say they have developed rice dishes that involve embedding meat cells into various grain varieties that grow in the laboratory to produce balanced, nutritious meals.
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The research, which has not yet been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, was led by the Beijing Academy of Food Sciences’ China Meat Research Centre and reported on Monday by state newspaper Science and Technology Daily.
Wang Shouwei, the chief scientist behind the project, said the lab-grown chicken and pork rice dishes are visually indistinguishable from regular varieties. “But once cooked, they release a combined aroma of both meat and rice.”
Zhang Tong | South China Morning Post
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