Fake meat could soon take over the world

A big trend in food over the past few years has been finding alternatives to meat that might make the need to rear animals redundant. There is a dizzying array of ways that groups are attempting to achieve this, whether it’s growing beef in a lab from stem cells, or formulating plant-based foodstuffs that mimic the taste and texture of the real thing. One thing that most of these alternatives have in common, however, is that they are not yet commercially available. Many, such as test-tube be