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You’ve tried plant-based meat, but here come meat-based plants
Researchers in South Korea injected grains of rice with cow muscle and fat cells to create something being called beef rice. This pink-colored substance could offer a cheaper and more sustainable protein source than standalone meat.
A team of South Korean researchers at Yonsei University have developed a hybrid rice variant that’s quite literally filled with beef. The team hopes to eventually offer a cheaper and more sustainable source of protein with a much lower carbon footprint than actual beef. Rice grains feature a porous, yet organized, internal structure that actually mimics the “biological scaffolds” found in meat cells.
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