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Even if it's true that you could make non-chicken things taste like chicken, the important bit is that in this case they made lab-grown chicken meat taste like

Even if it's true that you could make non-chicken things taste like chicken, the important bit is that in this case they made lab-grown chicken meat taste like chicken. That is an important distinction. I also question whether making things taste like chicken is quite as easy as you describe. If it is, then all the folks making vegetarian chicken substitutes that don't taste very much like chicken have some explaining to do.

tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
> they made lab-grown chicken meat taste like chicken That's not what the video demonstrates. The video demonstrates that they made chicken nuggets made from lab grown meat taste like real chicken nuggets. > all the folks making vegetarian chicken substitutes that don't taste very much like chicken Are there really no vegetarian substitutes for nuggets that taste the same?
- swiley 5y ago
  Considering that the principle ingredient in chicken nuggets is chicken, no there are none and there never will be.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
  I can't prove nonexistence, but the ones I've had are not very close. Beyond apparently tried in the early '10s but the product was not well reviewed. They just released a new type of tender that is apparently much better. Nonetheless, the fact that even companies that are dedicated to making high fidelity plant-based meat replicas have failed before suggests this is not an easy problem.
  - cassianoleal 5y ago
    Are you sure the problem was taste, as opposed to other characteristics, like consistency, chewiness, how moist it is, etc? There are confounding factors. This thread is about taste / flavour alone.
    - asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
      This thread is not just about taste. That was the word used in one of the comments, but in the video in question, the reporter said she "wouldn't know the difference." The operative question here is the development of a workable substitute for chicken meat, not the ability to isolate its flavor. My only contention is that this is not trivial, the way the first respondent claimed it was.
      - cassianoleal 5y ago
        > This thread is not just about taste. Wrong. The thread that started with my comment was specifically responding to "it tastes just like a real thing". > That was the word used in one of the comments, but in the video in question, the reporter said she "wouldn't know the difference." Fair point. I didn't watch the video (unfortunately I can't at the moment), so I was responding specifically to the parent comment. That's on me.

tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago

> they made lab-grown chicken meat taste like chicken That's not what the video demonstrates. The video demonstrates that they made chicken nuggets made from lab grown meat taste like real chicken nuggets. > all the folks making vegetarian chicken substitutes that don't taste very much like chicken Are there really no vegetarian substitutes for nuggets that taste the same?

swiley 5y ago
Considering that the principle ingredient in chicken nuggets is chicken, no there are none and there never will be.
asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
I can't prove nonexistence, but the ones I've had are not very close. Beyond apparently tried in the early '10s but the product was not well reviewed. They just released a new type of tender that is apparently much better. Nonetheless, the fact that even companies that are dedicated to making high fidelity plant-based meat replicas have failed before suggests this is not an easy problem.
- cassianoleal 5y ago
  Are you sure the problem was taste, as opposed to other characteristics, like consistency, chewiness, how moist it is, etc? There are confounding factors. This thread is about taste / flavour alone.
  - asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
    This thread is not just about taste. That was the word used in one of the comments, but in the video in question, the reporter said she "wouldn't know the difference." The operative question here is the development of a workable substitute for chicken meat, not the ability to isolate its flavor. My only contention is that this is not trivial, the way the first respondent claimed it was.
    - cassianoleal 5y ago
      > This thread is not just about taste. Wrong. The thread that started with my comment was specifically responding to "it tastes just like a real thing". > That was the word used in one of the comments, but in the video in question, the reporter said she "wouldn't know the difference." Fair point. I didn't watch the video (unfortunately I can't at the moment), so I was responding specifically to the parent comment. That's on me.