3D-Printed Chicken Could Be the Future of Meat

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Printing Chicken

Your next nuggets may come from the lab. Researchers grew thick cuts of lab-grown chicken using 3D printing.

• 3D bio-printing stacked layers of muscle and fat cells

• Plant-based scaffolding kept cells aligned

• Specifically designed to mimic real meat texture

The nugget-sized samples closely matched the juiciness and mouthfeel of slaughtered chicken meat. Next up: scaling sample size and production automation to provide a traditional meat alternative. Sadly, lab-grown chicken cannot lay eggs.

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