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Rice containing beef cells could make a sustainable meal
Scientists have grown cow muscle cells inside grains of rice to create a new food product that could supply protein with a lower carbon footprint than beef
It is the ultimate fusion food: soon you could sit down to a meal of rice and beef where the two key ingredients are melded together in a lab-made hybrid form. “It’s not beef-like in the traditional sense, but offers a new gastronomic experience that combines the familiarity of rice with the richness of meaty umami flavours,” he says. Unlike other kinds of cultured meat, says Hong, the ingredients used in producing the beef-rice are all well-known and inexpensive, with high nutritional value.
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