Reassessing the sustainability promise of cultured meat: a critical review with new data perspectives.

• Tác giả: Warren C McNabb, Nick W Smith, Mahya Tavan, Paul Wood
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 341.0268 Law of nations
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Critical reviews in food science and nutrition , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 236964

Tóm tắt

There are currently over 170 companies in the field of cultured meat (CM) which have attracted over US Billion in investments since 2019. The CM industry owes much of this success to the many claims around environmental benefits and alleviating animal welfare concerns, while being equally nutritious and as acceptable as conventional meat. This review aims to provide a much needed discussion on the latest research findings concerning the nutritional and environmental sustainability of CM and provide an evidence-based discussion around some of the challenges that the industry faces today. Recent developments in the field have revealed that some of the sustainability claims of the CM industry are overly ambitious and not supported by evidence. Environmental assessments have revealed that CM production is highly energy intensive and its environmental footprint can only be improved if renewable energy sources are used. In terms of nutritional quality of CM, there are many unknowns and gaps in the knowledge that require investigation.