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CRISPR fungus: Protein-packed, sustainable, and tastes like meat

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222 points rguiscard | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 00:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.337s | source
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SapporoChris ◴[12 Dec 25 03:23 UTC] No.46240533[source]▶
They've altered Fusarium venenatum which is currently what Quorn utilizes in its products. "The production process of gene-edited MP is more environmentally friendly than chicken meat and cell-cultured meat." That's good news, if they get to the point where it is more economically friendly than chicken meat it will be great news.
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shrubble ◴[12 Dec 25 07:03 UTC] No.46241584[source]▶
There’s little chance that the statement is true. Chickens kept in a backyard can live on bugs and kitchen scraps and there’s no delivery cost for eggs or eventual meat.
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1. Brendinooo ◴[12 Dec 25 13:28 UTC] No.46243928[source]▶
Chicken used to be a very expensive meat when they were treated like this. It didn’t become the cheapest meat until the 1990s, and that’s because of the massive efforts that were put into creating the Cornish cross breed and raising them at scale.