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791 #ClimateSolutions #LabGrown #Chocolate

"What does lab-grown chocolate taste like? 🍫" [ ± 1min]
by NewScientist

youtube.com/shorts/WFxazY3ouo8

Quote by NS:
"Apr 19, 2025
Climate change is hitting cacao farms hard, leading to shortages in chocolate's raw ingredient. Every chocolate company is desperate as the price of cocoa beans has quadrupled after remaining relatively stable for decades. But there is hope. California Cultured is one of several firms aiming to mass-produce chocolate in vats using cell culture technology. New Scientist managed to get hold of a small sample and, in true scientific endeavour, did a blind taste test to see how it compares."

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature

#ICYMI #RonDeSantis ideological ban on #LabGrown #Meat substitutes is unconstitutional violation of #SupremacyClause .

#Florida move to pre-empt #FederalLaw and violate the #CommerceClause by insulating #FloridaAg from out-of-state competition is being challenged by CEO and MD #UmaValeti whose company #UpsideFoods filed a federal #lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida.

wired.com/story/upside-foods-i

Will #labgrown #meat ever make it onto supermarket shelves?
"2/5 Americans claim to restrict their meat consumption on environmental grounds .. the cost of #cultivatedmeat is still around 5X tt of its farm-grown counterpart. Firms are trying to get tt number down. Amy Chen, COO at Upside Foods, says tt her firm has found cells tt don't need external growth factors, cutting costs significantly"
@TheEIU focused on costs & environmental concerns: what about health & #safety?
economist.com/science-and-tech

The Economist · Will lab-grown meat ever make it onto supermarket shelves?By The Economist