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[MorningLover]

Lab-Grown Salmon Hits the Menu at an Oregon Restaurant as the FDA Greenlights the Cell-Cultured Product

Smithsonian Magazine

The decision clears the way for the first cultured fish to join the small but growing alternative protein market. While lab-grown chicken has been legal in certain U.S. states for a couple of years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first cultured fish for entry into the alternative protein club: salmon produced by the food tech company Wildtype.

Wildtype celebrated the green light by announcing a partnership with the James Beard award-winning chef Gregory Gourdet, who began serving the lab-grown salmon at Kann, his Haitian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in late May.

Lab-grown or “cultivated” meat has emerged as an alternative to killing animals for food. In terms of fish, the FDA’s decision comes as the seafood industry is suffering from pollution, climate change and overfishing, writes International Supermarket News.

Meanwhile, seafood demand is projected to increase due to an ever-expanding human population and growing affluence. As such, lab-grown fish could lessen the burden on the fishing and fish farming industries, per Wildtype, as well as mitigate concerns about food contamination.

To make their product, the food company’s scientists collect living cells from Pacific salmon and grow them in cell cultivators that mimic the inside of a wild fish—controlling factors like temperature, pH and nutrients, per their website. After harvesting them, the team incorporates plant-based ingredients to make the hunk of cells taste, feel and look like salmon fillets.

They claim their final product has the same amount of healthy omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids as traditional salmon, while avoiding the risk of mercury, antibiotics and parasite contamination.

[vegan4ever]

What was the name of the movie Charlton Heston starred in 1970's vaguely recall science fiction Goppy Green food everyone had to eat...is this our version? 😬

[PhilaLady1]

Eewwww!

That movie is Soylent Green. It was made from people....if I remember correctly.

[bellaartiste]

The movie someone mentioned was Solyent Green with Charleston Heston, about food made from dead people. 

I am happy they are creating food that does not not harm animals, and the publlic.

However, as with any of these lab created foods. Get back to me in a few years after they have been widely tested with the public at large. 

[MorningLover]

"Soylent Green" is a 1973 dystopian science fiction film set in a future New York City ravaged by overpopulation, pollution, and resource depletion. 

The film depicts a world in 2022 where the Earth is severely overpopulated, and natural resources are depleted, leading to widespread poverty and food shortages. 

The film portrays a bleak and overcrowded urban environment with stark class divisions and environmental degradation. 

Soylent Industries is a powerful corporation that controls the food supply. They produce a range of synthetic food products, including the titular Soylent Green. 

Detective Thorn's investigation into the murder of a Soylent executive leads him to uncover the shocking truth about Soylent Green's ingredients. 

The Big Reveal: Soylent Green is People

The film's iconic twist is that Soylent Green, the food that is supposed to be made from plankton, is actually composed of processed human remains. 

[SilleeMee]

It's $200 a pound, down from the initial $200K per pound when it was first made.

[kitcat51]

I'll never eat lab created food...some animals eat animals to survive & I do too.

[vegan4ever]

No lab created food or meat fish dairy or eggs. I've been vegan my entire life raised by vegan parents. No judgment on anyone else's lifestyle.

[sunshine45]

i dont even like fresh salmon, so that leaves me out already. LOL

[nycalady]

I seriously doubt the people promoting & regulating this actually eat the products. More of a do as I say & not as I do scenario.