Scientists Say They Can Make Delicious Lab-Grown Fat, Weave It Into Fake Bacon

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Scientists Say They Can Make Delicious Lab-Grown Fat, Weave It Into Fake Bacon
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, a hybrid solution might be the ideal path forward: combining cultivated animal fat with existing plant-based products."Even before I tried the bacon, or even saw it, I could tell it was different," Tayag wrote. "The aroma of salt, smoke, and sizzling fat rising from the nearby kitchen seemed unmistakably real."

As Tayag puts it, "animal fat is culinary magic," a peerless combination of full-bodied flavor and juiciness that plant alternatives just can't imitate. Plant replacements don't cook the same, either, like the commonly used coconut oil, which melts out of its food too easily. Ed Steele, co-founder of London-based cultivated fat company Hoxton Farms, told Tayag that they can make a convincing product by mixing a mere 10 percent cultivated fat with plant-based protein by mass.But even this slightly more conservative approach has its shortcomings, Tayag says.

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