Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/07/20/kfc-has-teamed-up-with-a-russi.html
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As long as the Russians aren’t providing the feedstock. Sawdust is vegan-friendly, but I doubt any one wants to eat it, secret herbs and spices or not.
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You mean that they weren’t always making chicken nuggets that way??
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I’d prefer Solyanka to this Soylent green cuisine.
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Not sure I’ll ever be able to move beyond the mechanically separated, reconstituted cellulose stretched unidentified fowl I know and love. But at least 3D printing can get more inventive with their recognizable shapes.
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3D printed pink goo.
Pass me the bucket.
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I’ll never miss a chance to link to a bad movie!
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This is exciting! I’ve always said I’d be first up to support engineered protein sources, and I’ll be happy to try these if they come to North America.
I’m already a big fan of the beyond/impossible stuff, and I’d managed to try the cricket powder sold in Canada before I moved to Austin. Go go Gadget alternative protein sources!
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If it tastes good, means less massacred animals, is environmentally friendly, is affordable, and won’t kill me…
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You know what, guys? Maybe let’s hold off on the obvious plot device that triggers a zombie outbreak until after 2020?
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Jeezus, the urban myths are coming true.
Anyway, factory-made foods, processed foods, just ain’t good for ya.
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Don’t get too excited just yet. There’s something very fishy about this (pardon the pun). Either KFC is getting scammed, or what they will produce from this venture is not at all what they are trying to make it sound like.
Despite the hype, we are at least a decade (maybe two) away from viable, production ready, lab grown meat. The science is not there yet.
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Obligatory:
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if printed, lab grown meat can replace all cheap meat in the fast food market then the environmental benefits alone will be worth it.
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KFC seems fond of this kind of design-fiction marketing. I remember when they pretended they were going to introduce cookie-based edible coffee cups, and ISTR other examples. I rate the chance of them ever actually selling cultured chicken (much less making a serious business plan for it) at around zero.
I always thought KFC should sell their coating attached to tofu or cauliflower or fungal protein or whatever. Having chosen not to do that for decades, I can’t imagine why they’d stake money on a hyperexpensive vegan technology that doesn’t even exist yet.
Vat-grown meat itself is a neat idea, but I’m skeptical it would ever be worth the effort – even once the raw material can be grown economically, it’s like, working out how to make steel doesn’t mean you’ve made an aircraft carrier. If people wanted to avoid meat that badly it seems like they’d just, you know, eat other things.
(Giant artificial udders, on the other hand, could be a gold mine)
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FYI, if you have a hankering to try more, you can get all kinds of insect products from Entosense. I’ve tried a few of the spiced cricket products.
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Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
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ANYWAY… it’s not “Eleven Herbs and Spices,” it’s salt, black pepper, oregano and fucking MSG.
that’s what? One herb, 2 spices and fucking MSG
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I think Chicken injection moulding would be much more quick and economical way to do it.
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