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Team wants to sell lab grown meat in five years [View all]
The Dutch team who have grown the world's first burger in a lab say they hope to have a product on sale in five years.
Researchers are to set up a company to look at making the burger tastier and cheaper.
The team had a prototype cooked and eaten in London two years ago that cost £215,000 to make.
The head of the new firm set out his plans to BBC News ahead of a symposium on developing the technology.
Peter Verstrate said: "I feel extremely excited about the prospect of this product being on sale. And I am confident that when it is offered as an alternative to meat that increasing numbers of people will find it hard not to buy our product for ethical reasons".
more...http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34540193
Researchers are to set up a company to look at making the burger tastier and cheaper.
The team had a prototype cooked and eaten in London two years ago that cost £215,000 to make.
The head of the new firm set out his plans to BBC News ahead of a symposium on developing the technology.
Peter Verstrate said: "I feel extremely excited about the prospect of this product being on sale. And I am confident that when it is offered as an alternative to meat that increasing numbers of people will find it hard not to buy our product for ethical reasons".
more...http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34540193
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