Lab-grown meat is to make its debut at a Singapore restaurant in a culinary first this weekend after the company behind the product announced its inaugural sale yesterday.
US start-up Eat Just earlier this month said that its product had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets, after Singapore became the first country to allow meat created without slaughtering any animals to be sold.
Consumption of animals is an environmental threat, as cattle produce potent greenhouse gas methane, while logging to create pastures destroys natural barriers against climate change.
Yesterday, the company said that it had made its first commercial sale of the product to 1880, a restaurant in Robertson Quay, a posh riverside entertainment center.
Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick said that the news “moves us closer to a world where the majority of meat we eat will not require tearing down a single forest, displacing a single animal’s habitat or using a single drop of antibiotics.”
The restaurant is to start serving the product from Saturday, the company said.
Three cultured chicken dishes are to be served, with “each bite influenced by a top chicken-producing country in the world: China, Brazil and the United States,” the statement added.
“This is a very exciting collaboration for me,” said Colin Buchan, the restaurant’s executive chef.
“I think people are going to love it,” added Buchan, who used to cook for soccer player David Beckham.
Demand for sustainable meat alternatives is rising due to growing pressure from consumers about the environment and animal welfare, but other products in the market are plant-based.
Meat consumption is projected to increase more than 70 percent by 2050, and lab-grown alternatives have a role to play in ensuring a secure food supply, the firm said.
There were concerns that lab-grown varieties would be too expensive, but an Eat Just spokesperson said that the company had made “considerable progress” in lowering the cost.
Singapore has become a hub for the development of sustainable foods, with start-ups producing goods ranging from lab-grown “seafood” to dumplings made with tropical fruit instead of pork.
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