{"id":134103,"date":"2022-01-15T22:22:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T06:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/staking-a-claim-on-the-steak-of-tomorrow-3d-printing-tech-is-making-meat"},"modified":"2022-01-15T22:22:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T06:22:17","slug":"staking-a-claim-on-the-steak-of-tomorrow-3d-printing-tech-is-making-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/staking-a-claim-on-the-steak-of-tomorrow-3d-printing-tech-is-making-meat","title":{"rendered":"Staking a Claim on the Steak of Tomorrow: 3D Printing Tech is Making \u2018Meat\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Opinions: Give your opinions in the comments section.<\/p>\n

3D printed lab meat, and plant based meats will be more widespread in our future. Would you eat stem cell 3D printed lab meat or plant based meat? Why or why not? What are the differences between natural vs unnatural. Growing up in Texas I know most Texans frown on it, as BBQ is a religion. Is 3D printing meat sustainable\\.<\/p>\n

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Whether it comes from a plant or the cells of an animal, it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that the meat of the future will probably not be coming from the flesh of slaughtered animals. Instead, whether made from plants or cells, it will be formed into \u2018meat\u2019 by a 3D printer. In September of 2021, a Japanese team of researchers at the University of Osaka announced that they had 3D printed Wagyu beef. Beef connoisseurs will recognize the name; Wagyu beef is prized (and suitably priced) for its flavor and fat marbling. Legends abound about the cows such beef derives from, how they are allegedly coddled and massaged, fed a special diet that includes beer \u2014 but much of those tales are either exaggerated or pure urban legend. As Joe Heitzeberg, the co-founder and CEO of Crowd Cow explains<\/a>, There are four breeds native to Japan. Of those four breeds, one of the breeds is genetically unique. It has a genetic predisposition to create this crazy marbling of fat on the inside of muscle tissue. No other livestock does that. The researchers at the University of Osaka used two different types of stem cells from Wagyu cows to create cultured meat, growing living animal cells onto some type of matrix where they are then incubated and grown into animal tissue that has never been part of a living animal. There are currently no reports on the taste of the cultured Wagyu beef but we can assume it\u2019s \u2018good\u2019 and given a little time, the technology should be able to produce excellent Wagyu cultured meat \u2014 at what price, however, is another big question mark. But there\u2019s another simpler solution that could be a better meat replacement than cultured meat, as even meat grown from stem cells still contains cholesterol and some of the negative health concerns associated with animal protein. Plant-based imitation meat is also being created with 3D printers, and the results are surprising even hardcore meat lovers.<\/p>\n

In November 2021, the UK\u2019s Guardian newspaper highlighted the 3D steak produced by Israeli startup Redefine Meat after celebrity chef Marco Pierre White invited chefs, investors connoisseurs, and former winners of the MasterChef cooking show to taste it. This vegan 3D steak made with a 3D printer has a secret formula, but according to the Guardian, it includes soy, pea protein, and other vegetables such as beetroot, chickpeas, and coconut fat. But the reason it\u2019s winning over meat lovers is the unique idea of printing it in layers. With a layer of \u2018alternative fat\u2019 made from plant-based materials, and then a layer of \u2018alternative muscle\u2019 also made from plants, the imitation meat no longer has a single texture \u2014 but like real meat \u2014 contains different flavors and textures in different areas. According to the experts gathered by celebrity Chef White, this \u2018alt-meat\u2019 is by far the closest synthetic approximation ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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