laziestflagellant [they/them]@hexbear.nettovegan@hexbear.net•What's y'all's position on lab grown meat?English
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1 day agoThe vast majority of it is dependent on fetal bovine serum which is taken from pregnant cows killed in slaughterhouses, and therefore is not vegan.
The small percentage that currently can be produced without FBS is vegan but imo seems significantly less energy and material efficient than just growing legumes or peas, if it can even be made to scale at all
Here is an article that goes into a deep dive about it
You can search serum to scroll down to the section about FBS and other animal serums used