The world’s premier artificial, $300,000 3D-printed burger lab-grown finally its way into human mouths today. Turns out it tastes pretty weird. Go figure.
https://gizmodo.com/a-3d-printed-hamburger-would-cost-you-300-000-5977593
BBC correspondant Pallab Ghosh was present at the meat’s inaugural tasting event, and has been live-tweeting the tasters metered reaction to the lab-grown meat.
Hanni says she texpected texture to be softer. It's close to meat but not juicy
— Pallab Ghosh (@BBCPallab) August 5, 2013
There's no fat in the burger so tasters say not the right flavour
— Pallab Ghosh (@BBCPallab) August 5, 2013
Both want ketchup!
— Pallab Ghosh (@BBCPallab) August 5, 2013
Apparently the appearance and texture are both pretty close, but the taste, the taste just isn’t quite right. If 3D-printed lab-grown meat really is the future of the burger industry, it looks like it still has a long road ahead before it can climb out of the uncanny valley of testtube-meat. In the meantime, questionable dollar menu meat is probably still the way to go. [Pallab Ghosh via Engadget]
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