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Introduction: Meat Alternatives and Cultured Meat
Conventional meat production has been implicated in environmental damage, the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria, and increasing emission of greenhouse gasses. Additionally, some have raised concerns about conditions under which animals are kept and harvested for large scale traditional meat production. At least two possible solutions have been proposed, and are being developed, to address one or more of these concerns.
The first solution involves plant-based meats and related products. Examples of these include Impossible Foods plant-based meat products. An alternative solution is lab grown meat. Lab grown meats are cultured meats. Cultured meats are made from animal cells. The animal cells are grown using familiar nutrients such as amino acids and fats and vitamins. Cultured meats can have several advantages including: efficiency in meat generation, economy of resources including growing just the edible portion of the meat, n