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.2021;79(1):33-61.
doi: 10.1007/s10640-021-00551-3. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Cultured Meat: Promises and Challenges

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Cultured Meat: Promises and Challenges

Nicolas Treich. Environ Resour Econ (Dordr).2021.

Abstract

Cultured meat involves producing meat from animal cells, not from slaughtered animals. This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the meat industry, with wide implications for the environment, health and animal welfare. The main purpose of this paper is to stimulate some economic research on cultured meat. In particular, this paper includes a prospective discussion on the demand and supply of cultured meat. It also discusses some early results on the environmental impacts of cultured meat, emphasizing the promises (e.g., regarding the reduction in land use) but also the uncertainties. It then argues that cultured meat is a moral improvement compared to conventional meat. Finally, it discusses some regulatory issues, and the need for more public support to the innovation.

Keywords: Animal welfare; Climate change; Cultured meat; Food innovation; Land use; Meat; Meat consumption; Meat production; Pollution; Regulation.

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Conflict of interestThe author declares no conflict of interest.

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The production process of cultured meat.Source: Tuomisto (2018). This figure represents the three main stages of the production of cultured meat. First, stem cells are taken from muscle tissue or embryos and are expanded and then differentiated into muscle cells. Second, these cells are further grown in a bioreactor to increase their number. Third, the cells are then transferred to a scaffold to grow these into muscle fibres and larger tissue. (Figure reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY),https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Comparison of environmental impacts of cultured meat with other meat products.Source: Rubio et al. (2020). Data are normalized to the impact of beef production. This Figure is slightly adapted from Fig. 5 in Rubio et al. (2020), which uses data from Mattick et al. (2015) and from life-cycle analyses of specific plant-based meat products. (Figure reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence,https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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