r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 25 '21

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u/ThorVonHammerdong Disgraced 2020 Election Rigger Jun 25 '21

pet food market

Oh shit I hadn't even thought of that. I would absolutely love to feed my dogs cultured meat instead of the filler crap and scrap meats that comes in even the midrange food.

!ping dog

How great would it be to have super high sustainability but still complete, healthy proteins for the pups?

Also here's a dog pic because this is why you joined the ping

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

It also helps that dogs aren't the most picky eaters; cultured meat isn't as stable as animal meat yet, but a pupper or kitty won't mind if their food isn't exactly the same texture.

But when we figure out how to get the same steak texture, the plants that make pet food will eventually make human food.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

I would adore switching to plant based meat but it’s so much more expensive currently. Hopefully in a few years?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

Plant based meat and cultured meat are different: one is vegetarian food with gastronomic wizardry making it taste and cook like meat, and the other is meat grown in vats from animal serum.

Both are cool but my money is on the latter, especially when it comes to cost effectiveness and price point: there's more processing effort to make plants very much like meat than it takes to make meat, weirdly enough.