Food & agriculture · around 2038

Cultivated meat at price parity

Projection

Meat grown from animal cells in bioreactors costs the same as meat from a farm.

Cultivated meat grows muscle and fat cells in nutrient broth instead of raising animals. At parity it could spare animals and large amounts of land and water.

Why it’s plausible: Regulators in Singapore and the US have approved products; parity depends on cheap growth media, very large bioreactors and consumer acceptance, all still unproven.

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