It also exists in many meat products. For example, the meatloaf, fried chicken nuggets, ham, fish sausage, etc. in hamburgers that everyone often eats may be produced by “gluing” it.
But why can synthetic beef be sold so cheaply?
The truth is actually very simple. Because the ground meat is not so perfect, it is not so popular in the market.
In the industrial production of beef, positions with relatively better meat quality will be cut as completely as possible and sold as “raw steaks”. The minced and loose beef left over from the production process is not so popular because of its different sizes and poor presentation.
In this way, supply exceeds demand. Compared with other more “noble” parts, the price of ground beef is one above the other…
But if the meat itself is fine, you can eat it with confidence.
The appearance of synthetic steak has undoubtedly changed the entire beef industry. The originally unpopular loose ground beef is effectively used to avoid waste.
The cost is low, and the selling price is also low. Steaks have become “down-to-earth” and become the choice of more consumers. Overall, it is a good thing.
The nutrition of synthetic steak is not worse than that of original cut steak
Although the prices of “raw steak” and “synthetic steak” are quite different, the nutrient difference between the two is not that big.
Beef can bring the most valuable nutrient to the human body, which is protein. The protein content of different parts of the beef is basically in the range of 16-22 grams per 100 grams.
We found a synthetic steak nutrition table on the e-commerce website, and we can see that the protein content per 100 grams is 18.9 grams.
Compared with the 17.4g/100g protein content of the higher-end “steak on the brain” in beef, there is no big difference.