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Could a rice-meat hybrid be what’s for dinner?

A new take on lab-grown meat infuses cow cells into rice grains

pinkish meat-infused rice in a white bowl

It may look like a bowl of chopped brains, but this pinkish product is actually a rice-meat hybrid.

Yonsei University

By Meghan Rosen

Foodies of the future may be dining on beefed-up rice.

A new lab-grown meat product merges rice grains with cow cells, scientists report February 14 in Matter. The rice acts as a scaffold that supports the growth of fat or muscle cells. Together, the ingredients form a rice-meat hybrid that steams up to a pinkish-brown mash.