Singapore became the first country to sale labgrown meat in the world

    Singapore became the first country to allow the sale of lab grown meat in market.

Imagine the time when you will be eating your favourite non vegetarian dishes without killing animals. And it can be possible with lab grown meat. Lab grown meat is made by taking a muscle sample from an animal. Technicians collect stem cells from the tissue, multiply them dramatically and allow them to differentiate into primitive fibers that then bulk up to from muscle tissue.

                    Lab grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants in Singapore after the country became the first country to green light the meat created without slaughtering animals.

US start-up Eat on Wednesday said that its meat had been approved for sale in the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets. The news marks a "breakthrough for the global food industry", said the company, as firms increasingly try to find less environmentally harmful ways of producing meat.

consumption of regular meat is a threat to environment, as we know, cattle produces methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas, while logging forests to make way for animals destroys natural barriers against climate change.

Demand for sustainable meat alternatives is rising due to growing pressure from consumers about the environment and animal welfare, but other products in the market are plant-based.

If this method of producing meat is widely adopted it will be very beneficial.

But these are two major factors that play an important role. First is cost and other is taste. But a spokesperson from Eat said that the company has made successful progress in lowering the cost.

The company conducted more than 20 production runs in 1200 litre bioreactors to make the chicken alternative and checks on quality and safety showed that its 'cultured' product met the food standards.

Meat consumption is projected to increase more than 70 percent by 2050, and lab-grown alternatives have a role to play in ensuring a secure food supply, Eat Just said.

The Singapore Food Agency, the city-state's regulator, confirmed it had approved the sale of Eat Just's lab-grown chicken in nuggets after concluding it was safe for consumption.

William Chen, a Singapore-based scientist and member of an expert panel that advices the regulator, said food security was a key concern in the city-state's drive for developing meat alternatives.

Singapore "has virtually no agriculture, we import more than 90 percent of our food overseas," said Chen, director of Nanyang Technological University's food, science and technology programme.

"Finding ways to enhance food availability locally would be one very sustainable, viable option."