Would you eat a “Frankenburger”?

Cinzia Cuneo 9 agosto, 2013 mangiare locale, mangiare sano, carne

The world’s first beef burger created from stem cells was unveiled in London on Monday. The 5-ounce (142 g) burger, which costs more than 250,000 euros ($343,000) to produce, was developed by Mark Post of Maastricht University with funding from Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Post is among scientists who are experimenting with ways to grow meat in labs as an alternative to raising livestock. The two lucky volunteers that tasted the burger (an American food critic and an Austrian food scientist) said it had a cake-like quality and was close to meat, though lacking juiciness.

Post, whose work on cultured beef began in 2008, said the commercial production could begin in a decade or two.

Are you looking forward to it?

In the meantime, try some of our burger recipes (with or without meat):

• Bulgur Veggie Burgers
• Mediterranean Beef Burger
• Sausage Burger
• Veal Burger with Goat Cheese
• Vegetarian Burger

Vegetarian Burger

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Cinzia Cuneo

Italiana di nascita e canadese d'adozione, Cinzia ha deciso di coniugare le sue competenze professionali e la sua passione per la buona tavola sviluppando un servizio per aiutare i numerosi «aventi bisogno» a riprendere il controllo della loro alimentazione. Così è nata SOSCuisine. Ingegnere di formazione al Politecnico di Torino, Cinzia ha conseguito un Master's Degree in scienze applicate all'École Polytechnique de Montréal.