Cannibal Sticks Anyone? New In Vitro Meat Cookbook Has the Recipe

screen shot of meat cookbook video — Researchers envision the possibilities, such as magic meatballs.

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Care for some knitted meat? Or perhaps meat powder is more to your liking?

The researchers behind the first lab-grown hamburger are now developing a new product: an in vitro meat cookbook. The team is raising money for the project on the crowd-funding site indiegogo. The goal, they say, is to provide food-for-thought on how to solve the world's protein crisis. "While it's possible everyone might switch to insects or tofu, there's a brand new player on the horizon: lab-grown meat," the team writes.

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