[kitbrennan]

Apparently the meat is made using Foetal Bovine Serum (which requires the slaughter of cows), and chicken cells (which do not require the slaughter of a chicken). [1]

So technically a vegan would not be happy eating it. I'm however curious about the ratio of slaughter to end product (e.g. is it one slaughter to 10kg of end product, or one slaughter to 1 tonne of end product), since that may sway some vegans/vegetarians.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/dec/07/lab-grown-chick...

[refurb]

"Those cells are acquired with a simple biopsy"

I guess it depends on where you draw the line? The chicken isn't killed, but I assume it's anesthetized, and surgery is performed on it to get the biopsy sample.

Is that cruel? Do you refuse to eat any product that came from that biopsy?

[doublerabbit]

Unless an animal puts up it's paw and volunteers to be put under biopsy for food then yes. It's cruel.

Why don't we make food out of humans instead?

[xkcd-sucks]

Yeah, and then the chicken is sacrificed after the biopsy because the techs are only certified for non-survival surgery where survival surgery would require an actual vet

[netcan]

Slaughters per kg is a disparate ratio with regular meat too.