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I mean, yeah, by definition, plant based meat imitations are not "cultivated meat". I tried eating impossible and beyond meat burgers, but they still taste lik

• ben_w 2y ago
  I'm also not sold on the Impossible Burger, though as a long-time vegetarian I couldn't say if that's because it's a bad copy or a good copy, as I don't know the original that it's trying to replicate. I do miss Quorn though — sadly not available here in Berlin. (But same deal: Quorn cultured myco, not cultured meat).
  • stuaxo 2y ago
    They are pretty oily.
  • johnwalkr 2y ago
    I've seen it recently in Western Europe in British import shops.
• ZeroGravitas 2y ago
  One of the items (a brand of chicken nuggets) discussed in the article is only 3% cultured meat. Presumably they have a similar approach to Impossible but with 3% cultured meat instead of the plant based heme to add that sense of meatiness. Which makes sense to me as a business proposition to bootstrap the process.