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Is it chicken? Here's how the first bite of 'cell-cultivated' meat tastes
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Chef Zach Tyndall prepares Good Meat's cultivated chicken at the Eat Just office in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The Agriculture Department issued final approvals Wednesday, June 21 to California firms Upside Foods and Good Meat to sell the products, known as “lab grown” or “cultivated” meat. - photo by AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
When I told friends and family I was reporting on the first chicken meat grown from animal cells, their first comment was “Eww." Their second comment was: “How does it taste?" The short answer (you've probably heard this sentence before in other contexts): Tastes like chicken.