QSR chain KFC has joined hand with russian biotech research firm to create the world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets.
The group has announced partnership on Thursday amid a growing global race to find safe and authentic-tasting meat alternatives., reported The Moscow Times.
KFC will provide its signature breading and spices while D Bioprinting Solutions will use chicken cells and plant material to produce the taste and texture of chicken meat almost without involving animals.
The ingredients will be “printed” into chicken nuggets using 3D Bioprinting Solutions' technology.
“Receiving a final product for testing is already planned for the fall of 2020 in Moscow,” shared the company statement.
“We are working to make it available to thousands of people in Russia and, if possible, around the world,” said Raisa Polyakova, GM, KFC Russia.
When asked about bioprinting KFC’s more popular chicken wings and legs, KFC Russia’s communications director Irina Gushchina has said it was not yet possible to reproduce bones inside the meat,” added the report.
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