What you’ll read next is one of those stories where, at first, reality seems stranger than fiction, and after a few turns, it all makes sense. So pay attention and don’t miss out on what is (probably) one of the most extravagant recipes you’ll ever read in your life. orAn Australian company has just announced the creation of its first giant meatball. Or, in other words, the world’s first food made from animal protein extinct. “Our goal is clear: we want to challenge the audience and elevate”Radical revolution“The way we eat,” argue the creators of this picturesque project.
The recipe for the first mammoth meatballs, presented this week in eDutch Science MuseumDesigned by amazing: a company dedicated tocroppedLab meat. For years, this company has been working to isolate cells of different types, “cultivate” them on platelets and allow them to grow in sterile environments until they form tissue that is, in practice, exactly the same as animal slides. This technology, used in laboratories around the world, is already being applied to replicate meat from farmed animals such as Beef, pork and chicken. But how do you grow the meat of an extinct animal?
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The scientists behind giant meatball “stoves” explain their recipe step-by-step. It all starts, of course, with identifying the genes best suited to replicate the flavor of the woolly mammoth (a species that vanished from the face of the earth some 15,000 years ago). We selected myoglobin: Gene is very present in skeletal muscles And because it binds to iron, we thought it could give us that distinct red meat flavor,” the recipe creators explain.
After determining the most appropriate “ingredient” for the recipe, the scientists focused on tracing the presence of myoglobin in the mammoth’s DNA. For this purpose, hundreds of genetic sequences of these animals published in public scientific repositories were reviewed. This work made it possible to replicate an exact copy of what would be the composition of mammoth meat. “We saw that the sequence had several gaps, so we filled them in with the genes of our closest living relatives relative to the mammoth: African elephantExplain the scientists behind the first meatballs Mammoth.
“We complete the sequence with the genes of the closest living relative to the mammoth: the African elephant.”
At this point, scientists already had an exact copy of the mammoth’s genes (scattered with fragments of an African elephant). The next step was to introduce this genetic material into a group of muscle cells isolated from sheep, and from there, we hope to get it. Start working as a mammoth myoglobin plant. “To do this we add essential micronutrients, as well as sugars, salts, vitamins and amino acids,” the scientists explain. Thus, they were able to grow the 20,000 million cells needed to create the world’s first mega-meatball.
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The introduction of the first mammoth meatballs, as expected, raised a myriad of questions. Why did they create such a strange product? Can they be found in restaurants at street level? What is the use of having the meat of an extinct animal on a plate? The creators of this recipe explain that their goal is not to market these meatballs, but to start a conversation about them The future of the food industry for an increasingly populous world It is increasingly exposed to the advancing climate crisis. If we continue like this, by 2050 we will need two planets like ours to feed humanity.
This technology has the potential to revolutionize the food industry.
The project’s promoters argue that this meatball actually represents the potential of lab-grown meat to reduce the environmental footprint of animal products. “This technology has the potential to revolutionize the food industry. These are more sustainable products“Because it involves less water, land, and emissions than traditional livestock, and it doesn’t mean animals suffer,” they explain of their vow after introducing their latest (and controversial) creation.
