Is Big Food Banking on Synbio for its Future?

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By ANH-USA On 06/21/2024

We’re entering a brave new world of food, one that has profound consequences for our ability to stay healthy by consuming unadulterated or non-genetically altered foods.


THE TOPLINE

  • A growing movement in synthetic biology (synbio) and artificial intelligence (AI) aims to transform the food system, replacing traditional farming with lab-grown foods like synbio meat, plant cell cultures, and precision fermentation, all of which raise concerns over their health effects and long-term safety.
  • Companies like Meatable claim their synbio products are superior to natural foods, but these claims are dubious or at least premature given their novel composition and nutritional profile compared to naturally grown foods, and the potential presence of compounds new to science.
  • The complexity of natural food systems is underestimated, and there is insufficient understanding of the long-term health impacts of synbio foods, making it risky to consider them as bioequivalent to traditional foods and safe for consumption.

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