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Israeli-based MeaTech unveiled the world's largest lab-grown steak on Wednesday.
Weighing 3.67 ounces, the steak is made from real fat and muscle cells taken from tissue samples of a living cow and produces astatically pleasing grill marks when cooked.
Living bovine stem cells were added to the 'bio-inks,' along with stem cells, which were then placed in a 3D printer to produce the steak.
The printed slab of 'meat' was then matured in an incubator, allowing the stems cells were differentiated into fat and muscle cells that develop into fat and muscle tissues.
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Weighing 3.67 ounces, the steak is made from real fat and muscle cells taken from tissue samples of a living cow and produces astatically pleasing grill marks when cooked
'MeaTech's goal is developing a true replacement for conventional steak that maximizes cell-based content rather than non-meat ingredients,' the company shared in a press release.
'MeaTech intends to continue improving upon its bioprinting and cultivation technologies to produce cultivated meat that better mirrors the key characteristics of farm-raised, premium steak.'
Raising livestock to be slaughtered for meat accounts for nearly 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, making the process a huge contributor to climate change.
Even worse, methane produced by cows is said to be 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the atmosphere.
Raising livestock to be slaughtered for meat accounts for nearly 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, making the process a huge contributor to climate change. Methane produced by cows is said to be 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the atmosphere
And these are the reasons why MeaTech is working to perfect its 3D-printed steak.
The company's process starts by isolating bovine stem cells and multiplying those cells.
This allows them to transform the cells into bio-inks,
