The Dutch team that crafted the world’s first lab-grown meat burger, which cost £2,15,000 to make, says a cheaper version of the product could hit the market in five years.
Researchers are setting up a company to look at making the burger tastier and cheaper. Peter Verstrate, head of the new firm, said the product, which was first created by Professor Mark Post at Maastricht University in The Netherlands, would help serve the growing demand for meat. The team had a prototype cooked and eaten in London two years ago that cost £2,15,000 to make.
“I feel extremely excited about the prospect of this product being on sale. And I am confident that when it is offered as an alternative to meat that increasing numbers of people will find it hard not to buy our product for ethical reasons,” Verstrate said.
