KFC wants to develop its concept of “meat of the future”. The company announced that it is working on the creation of the firsts chicken nuggets produced in laboratory of the world.
The restaurant chain of chicken will work with the Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to develop technology bioimpresión to “print” chicken meat, using cells chicken and plant material.
The transnational companyHe plans to provide the company with bioimpresión the iconic ingredients of the brand “to achieve the characteristic flavor of KFC” and will seek replicate the taste and the texture of the genuine chicken.
These nuggets from the future would be more ecological of producing that standard chicken meat, says KFC, citing a study by the American Environmental Science and Technology Journal that indicates the benefits of grow meat from cells, including gas reductions from greenhouse effect and energy consumption compared to the methods traditional agricultural.
“The technologies of bioimpresión 3D, initially widely recognized in medicine, are currently gaining popularity in the production of foods such as meat “said Yusef Khesuani, co-founder of 3D Bioprinting Solutions in a release announcing the KFC partnership.
KFC points out that your bioprinted nuggets will be available for final tests in Moscow in September. The announcement details that “There are no other methods available on the market that can allow the creation of such complex products from animal cells.” It is not known when or if printed nuggets could be available for customers of KFC try them.
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