
146: I can’t believe it’s not meat! Is lab-grown beef on Japanese menus?
Deep Dive from The Japan Times
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The Future of Food Technology in Japan?
The agricultural ministry published a draft vision on the promotion of food tech in December. Nixin Foods, maker of instant noodles, approached Takeuchi and offered to jointly develop cultural meat in 2017. A public private consortium of government agencies, researchers and food producers will meet in late February to adopt a draft vision. In the meantime, Professor Takeuchi and Nixin will continue working on that steak.
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