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Letters by Burk

The State of Lab-Grown Meat in 2025

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Burk
Nov 06, 2025
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My Medium friends can read this story over there as well.

Photo by Edson Saldaña on Unsplash

2025 is a weird split-screen year for cultivated meat. You know, the kind of meat that comes out of lab.

On one side, you’ve got real regulatory progress, pilot products, and serious science.

On the other, bans, labeling fights, and brutal unit economics.

Our future …

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