Rajat K R

Meatless Meat : Explained!

This might be one of the greatest inventions of the 21st century. This invention could save thousands of lives. Read more to find out.

All kinds of meat lying on a table ©Gettylmages/artisteer

The Problem

In the 21st century most people cannot live without meat. Meat is an essential part of our diet. In fact 89% of the entire population eats meat.

The problem is that to grow these animals, it requires a lot of resources. Resources like water, land etc. Not to forget, the pain and suffering animals go through to reach our plates are immeasurable.

This is a serious problem but thankfully we’ve got a lot of amazing scientists who are saving the animals from their miserable lives.

The Solution

There are actually 2 solutions to this problem. Here are the 2 -

  1. Veggie Meat

As the name suggests, this is just meat but made from vegetable. Basically here, scientists are trying to get the same smell and taste of meat while making the ‘meat’ from vegetables.

Something that really fascinates me is the fact that this ‘Veggie Meat’ provides you with the same amount of nutrients that a normal meat has. According to various sources this meat tastes just like the real deal and that’s just awesome!!

Veggie Meat Picture The Times of India

  1. Lab Based meat

Again as the name suggests, this meat is made from the lab. But this time it’s made from actual animal cells. First they take a cell of the desired animal then using some next level technology and science they make the cells multiply.

Finally after some time, a perfect piece of meat, without killing a single animal is done! This in my opinion is awesome! But it is not perfect yet. Because this method costs a lot of money and is not allowed in all countries. As I am writing this post, only Singapore has given the permission to a restaurant to sell it’s lab grown chicken.

Lab Grown Meat Shutterstock

So these are the 2 methods and I think that these new inventions could change the world forever. I found about ‘Meatless Meat’ from Vox, go check out their website for more on this topic . So yeah,

That’s it for this small post,

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-Rajat KR