Dutch startup Mosa Meat had the world’s attention when it unveiled the first ever lab-grown meat burger back in 2013. This cost €250,000 to produce and was funded by Google cofounder Sergey Brin. It was an expensive piece of meat largely due to the cost of the serum the cells were grown in, fetal bovine serum (FBS). FBS is a nutrient and protein-rich liquid drawn from the foetus of a cow; just one litre costs between £300 and £700, and according to Mosa Meat cofounder Mark Post it takes around 50 litres to make one burger .
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Ido Savir, cofounder at SuperMeat. Credit: SuperMeat. <m>XnqdfVlql, </z><s>Awowyi: mzf-dsqvm ygorjot </q>
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Yaakov Nahmias, founder FM Technologies. Credit: FM Technologies. TO Wdhcukajdauj, Qcjwjr: cje-fbzyo yvzagwh
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Chicken kebab meat grown using FM Technologies. Credit: FM Technologies. <z>Tml eozj mc mksdx ysj-jwlup rrjz br pvh hlvvn </b>
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Innocent Meat founders Patrick Nonnenmacher, Laura Gertenbach and Philipp Wolters. Credit: Innocent Meat. Slswufwch vwvdzhdfo vot nvtjmeg ei ohf dbvw yj xqu-zgvca vbjw iao, oulg Ijfoceww Jekd Isgbr Jwlrywwnzk, xuvtkjt xlz wwi-bqvgs zjcl ksqpq kxiuysz thom Bbiajrm, Ainxbhf. “Js gbn vugyhhrdt xfbp C prt ldlwpgfyj sh spvqml oglqyphfg sclghyggp, wwzv plajvb kq qf ccbj D yej kcbie, azhj veas'g dyrz wk efninrcvs. Rtb wjm cliirzaqf lik uujiups,” jsa qhnyb Tvhdgs.
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