Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related

2413 readers

409 users here now

Health: physical and mental, individual and public.

Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.

See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.

Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.

Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.

Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.

Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Awa

WhoRoger

RoyalEngineering

Scientists grow 'meaty' rice hybrid food for protein kick (www.bbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave to c/health

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Scientists have created a new type of hybrid food - a "meaty" rice that they say could offer an affordable and eco-friendly source of protein.

The porous grains are packed with beef muscle and fat cells, grown in the lab.

The rice was first coated in fish gelatine to help the beef cells latch on, and the grains were left in a petri dish to culture for up to 11 days.

The researchers say the food may serve as "relief for famine, military ration, or even space food" in the future.

It remains to be seen whether consumers would take to it if it gets to market.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Toneswirly 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Meat rice sounds like what the underclass eats in a dystopian cyberpunk story

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

On the other hand, taco rice is delicious; throw taco seasoning in this and it could be fantastic

[–] SkyezOpen 5 points 10 months ago

I wish our dystopia was as cool as a sci-fi story.

I do love rice, so if I could get protein out of it I'd be super on board. Probably more expensive than the 25 pound bag I get for 25 dollars right now, though.