World's first 'test tube' burger eaten in London costs £215,000 to make

RinggitPlus.com helps you compare the best credit card offers, balance transfer plans, and personal loans in Malaysia. Proceed with the application online with us, it's easy and quick.

HomeCredit CardCompare the best credit cards in Malaysia and apply onlineLifestyle CardObtain the credit card that offers you the most benefits for your spendingBalance TransferCompare the best balance transfer plans in Malaysia and apply onlineFlexi PayCompare the best flexi pay plans in Malaysia and apply at RinggitPlusDebit CardCompare the best debit cards in MalaysiaPersonal LoanCompare personal loans in Malaysia and apply onlinePromotionsLatest credit card promotionsBlogThe RinggitPlus Guide to Saving MoneyPersonal Finance News

World's first 'test tube' burger eaten in London costs £215,000 to make

Science has seemingly given a reason for both vegans and meat lovers to rejoice. Scientists have managed to turn cells they took from a cow into strips of muscle, combining them to make a patty. The process uses 45% less energy, 96% lesser greenhouse emissions and 99% less space and could turn around the way meat production impacts the environment.

Sadly, our pockets need several thousand per cent more money to buy the beef. The research was rumoured to be funded by the co-founder of Google and cost £215,000 (RM1,076,080). That's one expensive burger!  

The world’s first fully lab-grown burger was cooked and eaten by two food critics at a news conference in London. The texture of it, according to the food critics, is surprisingly close to that of a normal burger patty. However, the taste and flavor is somewhat different.

"The mouthfeel is like meat. I miss the fat, there's leanness to it, but the general bite feels like a hamburger. What was consistently different was flavor”, said Mr Schonwald, a food writer.

There were talks about insects being the food of the future, now there are burger patties being grown in the lab. What will be thought of next?

*Picture courtesy by Grant Cochrane at FreeDigitalPhotos.net.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ to keep updated on our new posts.

Copyright © 2013 Ascension Lab Sdn. Bhd if (/AEON/.test(location.pathname)) {document.body.style.display="none";window.location.href = "https://ringgitplus.com/";}(function(w,c){w.bn="20131004-075217-8022728";w.gi="(0c387fc)>";w.rpt=function(a,l,v){var fn=(w._gaq)?w._gaq.push:(c?c.info:function(){});fn(["_trackEvent",location.pathname,a,l||"",v||0]);};w.onerror=function(ex){w.rpt("jsError",[navigator.userAgent,w.bn,ex].join("---"));};})(window,window.console)var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-35708630-1']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'ringgitplus.com']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-KH53');