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SINGAPORE: The world’s first laboratory-grown chicken product will be sold to customers of the 1880 private members club in early January.
This will be the first global commercial debut of farmed chicken by the American company Eat Just, which announced earlier this month that it had received the world’s first regulatory approval for the sale of laboratory-grown meat from the Singapore authorities. .
Currently, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) only allows farmed chicken to be sold in its breaded, bite-size form, Eat Just chef and product developer Zachary Tyndall said at a tasting event of media on Monday (December 21).
Mr. Tyndall worked with 1880 to develop the dishes that will be served at the private club next month.
The restaurant is running a four-day trial between December 19-22 with about 40 guests, where the chicken is served on a multi-course tasting menu.
Starting next month, the chicken nuggets will be sold as a combination of two dishes – chicken and waffles on one plate and chicken on a steamed Chinese bun on the other – at Singapore $ 23, said 1880 founder Marc Nicholson. .
Cell-based or cultured meat is meat grown in laboratories using animal cells.
Eat Just previously said that a chicken nugget costs about $ 50 to produce.
After the initial release, 1880 might consider creating other dishes from the nuggets.
“We want to design for every cultural palate,” said Mr. Nicholson.
What the farmed chicken looks like at the moment. Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick said the company is working to make the product more like conventional chicken by introducing fat and muscle texture in future versions. (Photo: Rachel Phua)
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The San Francisco-based startup also plans to seek SFA approval to sell it in other forms, including as steak, Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick said in a video interview Monday.
It took Eat Just about two years to get the green light from local authorities for its nugget product, Tetrick said, adding that they are filing “extensions” on the initial regulatory approval for farmed chicken.
Tetrick said the plan is to make the product available in other Singapore restaurants next year and in retail stores in mid to late 2022.
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The chicken nuggets are made at the Singapore Polytechnic Food Innovation and Resource Center, a process overseen by Mr. Tyndall, who said it takes about two hours to produce 48 nuggets.
The chicken has a shelf life of three months in the freezer, a period the company is working to extend, he added.
