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[-] DucktorZee@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

I culture cells for a living. Not that these are the only ways, but the most common and effective ways to grow cells in the lab is to add either FBS (fetal bovine serum) or BSA (bovine serum albumin) to the culture media. Currently we don't mass produce BSA in an animal free manner and FBS is by nature an animal product. Granted, that the products of one animal may in fact allow manufacturers produce more than enough 'animal-free meat' to overcome this but I haven't seen any numbers. I'm interested in hearing more about these techniques going forward and in determining if animal-free products can really be produced animal free.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago

Do you use Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) to make your meat?

No, for a simple reason: we’re committed to making meat without causing any harm at all to animals. So we’ve developed a production process that doesn’t require FBS.

That's what they say.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Where did you read this? Could you link a source please?

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago

A man of culture I see

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I culture cells for a living.

Sorry, this is all my addled GenX brain could think of when I read that.

https://youtu.be/GIuZSaqse-A

😁

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