US startup aims to transform pet food with lab-made chowA US startup is growing nutritional pet food in a lab. BOULDER, US: Cloudy liquid bubbling in glass tubes is key to a US startup's hopes of remaking the pet food industry by growing nutritional chow in a lab. Most pet food includes animal protein, which requires the slaughter of animals and is ultimately a source of planet-warming gases. Kelleman was convinced by research that if a company could "crack the code" for lab-grown pet food there would be a market for it. But the company has many hurdles to cross in its quest to become the new normal in pet food.

Source: Bangkok Post September 15, 2021 02:03 UTC