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flag Mission Barns, a New York startup, has created lab-grown pork using pig fat and plant proteins, approved by the USDA, to mimic real meat and reduce farming’s environmental and ethical costs.

flag Mission Barns, a New York startup, has developed cultivated pork using lab-grown pig fat combined with plant proteins to create bacon, sausages, and salami that mimic real meat’s taste, texture, and cooking behavior. flag The company grows pig fat in bioreactors using a cell-agnostic process, blending it with ingredients like pea and fava bean protein. flag Approved by the USDA, the hybrid products aim to reduce the environmental and ethical impacts of industrial livestock farming. flag The company plans to scale production and license its technology to others, working toward price parity with conventional meat.

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