The biggest challenge is the bio-reactors, they are hard to scale and require more delicate care than other cultured products because growing muscle, fat and tissue cells is a lot slower than say, getting yeast to reproduce. This a challenge but not a deal-breaker, there are some places already selling cultured meat but it’s still expensive (like, $40 for a burger) because of the scaling problems, which again, come from lack of funding and political pressure.
That said, most other challenges are either overcome or there are companies with solid methodology but no investment capital, and since many places are actually banning or outlawing the sale of cultured meat, we likely won’t see much actual progress until we get corporations out of politics, so maybe never.
The biggest challenge is the bio-reactors, they are hard to scale and require more delicate care than other cultured products because growing muscle, fat and tissue cells is a lot slower than say, getting yeast to reproduce. This a challenge but not a deal-breaker, there are some places already selling cultured meat but it’s still expensive (like, $40 for a burger) because of the scaling problems, which again, come from lack of funding and political pressure.
That said, most other challenges are either overcome or there are companies with solid methodology but no investment capital, and since many places are actually banning or outlawing the sale of cultured meat, we likely won’t see much actual progress until we get corporations out of politics, so maybe never.