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An Australian startup has created a truly giant meatball.
last Tuesday, Bow Foods We introduced giant meatballs made from the meat of the extinct woolly mammoth. Meatballs were unveiled in style at the Nemo science museum in the Netherlands.
A giant meatball made from meat cultured with the DNA of an extinct woolly mammoth has been unveiled at the Dutch science museum Nemo. https://t.co/vl4Piqnlt8 1/4 pic.twitter.com/sI9drGPcQY
— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) March 29, 2023
“This is no April Fool’s joke,” says Tim Noakesmith, founder of Australian startup Vow. “This is a true innovation.”
The meatballs are made of sheep cells that have been inserted with a mammoth gene called myoglobin, mixed with some African elephant.
Vow Chief Scientific Officer James Ryall said: Reuters The process of making mammoth meatballs is “very similar to the movie Jurassic Park”.
The only difference is that his lab didn’t actually create the 13,200-pound animal.
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But don’t expect to throw mammoth meatballs on your plate of pasta anytime soon.
“We haven’t seen this protein in thousands of years.” Ernst Wolvetang of the Australian Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Queensland said:, contributed to the creation of mammoth muscle protein. “So we don’t know how the immune system will react when we eat it. But if we eat it again, we may be able to do it in a way that is more acceptable to regulators.”
Meatballs’ big debut was something of a publicity stunt designed to showcase the potential of meat grown from cells without killing the animal. I wanted to emphasize the relevance.
“We wanted to get people excited about a different food future,” said Vow founder Tim Noakesmith. Associated Press“We thought there was something unique and better than the meat we’re eating right now, and Mammoth would be a conversation starter and people would be excited about this new future.”
Vow’s mammoth meatballs aren’t edible (at least not yet), but most cell-based or “cultivated meats” are intended for human consumption as an alternative to traditional animal or plant-based meats.
Last year, the FDA approved meat Made from cultured chicken cells.
Vow has also tested over 50 animal species, including buffalo, crocodiles and kangaroos.
Japanese quail will be the first lab-grown meat Vow sells to the public. guardian.