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My questions are will vegans or vegetarians eat this? Why or why not? Also what about people that hold cows sacred? Will they be able to eat this? Why or why no

• n4r9 4y ago
  I'm mostly vegetarian; I'll eat meat once or twice a week. If the price, taste, texture and nutritional convenience are similar, and it's safe to eat, I'd be very happy to replace "natural" meat with this. Don't see why not!
• bsdz 4y ago
  In terms of veganism. Some will, some won't. It depends. Some vegans will be against any suffering and might consider the harvesting of cells from the progenitor animal. Others may be against this due to a lack of consent (from the animal). Others might consider the initial harvesting as harmless, e.g. the cells/DNA might have naturally shed. There's quite a spectrum of vegans out there.
• coldpie 4y ago
  I'm vegetarian because of the carbon cost of most meats, especially beef. If lab-grown beef's carbon cost is drastically lower than animal-grown beef, I'd be thrilled to start eating burgers again.
• delecti 4y ago
  The initial product is chicken meat, not cow, so sacredness of cows isn't super relevant yet. But once we get there, I assume that the feelings on the subject of abortion for those people would be relevant. If you view an embryo as a person, then you might view petri dish muscle as a cow. As a vegetarian, I wouldn't incorporate this into my grocery shopping, but absolutely would give it a shot at restaurants. Being vegetarian while eating out tends to be more inconvenient, especially if I'm with other people and don't get to provide much input into where we're going.