However, the team behind them reassure that the bite-sized chicken chunks have the same texture as real meat. According to the experts, from the University of Tokyo, the fake nuggets are more ...

Picture this: you are munching on crunchy chicken nuggets that, in reality, are not even made from chicken. Yes, it is possible. Researchers have made a breakthrough in the culinary sector, producing ...

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Weighing in at 11 grams, it is about the size of a chicken nugget. The work was reported today in Trends in Biotechnology 1. The meat hasn’t yet been made with food-grade materials, so it isn’ ...

A bioreactor that mimics a circulatory system can deliver nutrients and oxygen to artificial tissue, enabling the production of over 10 grams of chicken muscle for cultured meat applications.