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I'd be interested in the price, I can't really imagine that this is anywhere near competitive yet. And of course this can't replace meat only in stuff like chic
by fabian2k 6y ago
I'd be interested in the price, I can't really imagine that this is anywhere near competitive yet. And of course this can't replace meat only in stuff like chicken nuggets where you don't have the meat in a full piece.
Hmm, just noticed that there were parts of the article I missed, the header formatting is a bit weird there. Somewhat lower than $50 a chicken nugget does sound like you might only want to try this for novelty.
I do think there is quite a lot of potential in that area, if people can be convinced that "lab-grown" isn't a bad thing.
- mFixman 6y agoVegetarian burgers are much cheaper than meat and chicken burgers, and yet they are less popular and most people have never had one. People are conditioned to buy meat burgers, and price isn't a problem as long as they can afford it. An ultra cheap lab-grown chicken burger wouldn't be able to compete against a more expensive meat one without a big cultural shift.
- fabian2k 6y agoThe article only gives a slightly outdated number, but using the $50 chicken nugget as a reference we'd be somewhere like $500 for a single burger. I do assume that that price would be a problem.
- elaus 6y agoIn my country (Europe) meat substitutes are more expensive than the cheap meat you'll find in discounters. So if you want to have a meat-like taste for many poorer people meat is the obvious choice.
- dagw 6y agoVegetarian burgers are much cheaper than meat and chicken burgers Where are you? I've never seen this in any country I've been to. If you buy the raw ingredients and make them yourself then it might work out cheaper, but if you but a package of ready made veggieburgers or order them at a restaurant then they cost the same as meat.
- thecleaner 6y agoThis is the case in India.