The point is that this steak cannot be slaughtered.
The “steaks” are tall for the future of laboratory-grown meat, and an Israeli food company is leading the way with the world’s first non-slaughtered rib steak.
On Tuesday, Aleph Farms and his biomedical engineering partners at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology unveiled the humane cutlet, in what they claim to be the world’s first.
Aleph Farms and biomedical engineering partners at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology unveiled the world’s first uncut beef rib steak.
(Aleph Farms)
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The steak was produced using 3D bioprinting technology and real cow tissue, explained the food technology startup in a press release. From there, scientists incubated the cells to grow, differentiate and interact, ultimately replicating a real rib eye.
With muscles and fat similar to a traditionally slaughtered steak, futuristic food has “the same organoleptic attributes as a delicious tender and juicy rib eye steak you would buy at the butcher shop”. Aleph Farms says he can produce any cut of meat using this method, as the company aims to expand its meat portfolio.
“With the achievement of this milestone, we have broken the barriers to introduce new levels of variety in the cuts of cultivated meat that we can now produce,” said Shulamit Levenberg, Technion professor and cofounder of Aleph. “As we look to the future of 3D bioprinting, the opportunities are endless.”
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The price range has not yet been announced for the sizzling steak, but the Daily Mail says it will take a few years to reach the shelves.
“We are executing a clear plan to achieve cost parity for the cultivation of meat products on a scale,” said Didier Toubia, cofounder and CEO of Aleph Farms, in a statement obtained by the outlet. “We hope to achieve this goal in five years from the light launch of 2022, which is faster than the new generation of vegetable-based meat substitutes.”
The food lab also made headlines in 2018 for serving the world’s first thin-cut steak without slaughter, produced without the use of 3D printing technology.
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Meanwhile, consumers concerned with sustainability are fueling the demand for cruelty-free alternatives to eating meat, such as vegetables based on Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods.