US startup aims to transform pet cuisine with lab-made food | Malay Mail

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BOULDER, Sept 19 — Cloudy liquid bubbling in glass tubes is key to a US startup’s hopes of remaking the pet food industry by growing nutritional meals in a lab. Most pet food includes animal protein, which requires the slaughter of animals and is ultimately a source of planet-warming gases....

BOULDER, Sept 19 — Cloudy liquid bubbling in glass tubes is key to a US startup’s hopes of remaking the pet food industry by growing nutritional meals in a lab.

His inspiration comes in part from his own disgust over the treatment of livestock on its way to the food supply. “For dogs and cats, it has to be palatable, but it doesn’t have to look like a fully formed steak or breast,” Kelleman told AFP during a visit to the startup. Using fermentation tanks has enabled Bond to cut the cost of protein to US$5 per kilogram from US$100 per kilogram.It is expected to take at least two years, though, of tests and evaluation to assure regulators that the kill-free pet food is a safe and viable.A crucial question is whether the lab-grown pet food passes the smell test with humans concerned about the well-being of their animal friends.

 

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