I could be reading it wrong. The government invested 100m+ yuan into the company CellX last year so I wouldnt be surprised if it were subsidized. I can't find any up to date information of other types of cultured meat, seems pork is the cash cow right now. Comments on similar articles says the meat is only available in restaurants right now.
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I've always seen lab grown meat as like the electric car of food. Not really that much better and doesn't address the main issue of sustainability. In the same way electric cars don't fix the problem of no public transit, poorly designed cities, or everyone getting their own death machine. Lab meat for the longest time seemed to me like it'd take a lot of water and space, doesn't change the fact that people in the west eat meat with every meal, and wasn't reasonable at scale. But if it's at least become more viable I'd be pleasantly surprised.
It really just depends what they're feeding the cells. Not many people are interested in eating a lot of buckwheat and sorghum despite their nutritional value. But plenty will eat meat. Thats the benefit, you can feed the cells very cheap, hopefully space efficient crops. Crops that taste like ass to humans. You can cycle those crops out to avoid soil depletion and monocultures too, which you can't do with something people like to eat like potatoes or carrots as easily.
I wouldn't say its a very good comparison to compare them with cars.
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