Young people more likely than boomers to try lab-grown meat

According to a study, more than 80% of GenZ and millennials are feeling positive about the arrival of lab-grown meat on the market. – Photo: anyaivanova/Getty Images via AFP

Steak, rare? Why not, as long as it's grown in-vitro. That's the conclusion of a study published last week regarding attitudes to consuming meat grown in a laboratory.

Conducted collaboratively by two American universities and one British, the study, available in the Foods journal, aims to understand the state of mind of different generations facing the emergence of alternative meat production. These in-vitro proteins are made from animal cells and then grown in test tubes. This type of cultivation presents an alternative to traditional breeding whose consequences on the environment are disastrous.