Brian Trias

Cultured meat: The answer to food security?

August 24, 2023 3:59 am

Just recently, Atty. Eusebio “Ebot” V. Tan, a Trustee of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) Foundation, shared with fellow FINEX members a video about a company that has the technology to produce lab-grown meat. The company featured in the video uses technology that combines cultured cells with biomaterials to create a bioink which is then fed into a 3D bioprinter to produce cell-based meat.  It sounds like science fiction but cultivating meat in a lab is actually happening.  Can this be the answer to ensuring food security?