A recent cooking competition held at DY Patil University in Navi Mumbai highlighted the innovative use of lab-grown or cultivated chicken developed by the Mumbai-based startup Biokraft Foods, which aims to provide an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional meat. Ten finalists used this novel ingredient in various dishes, with Biokraft Foods’ product and business development chef, Demetrius Cordeiro D’Souza, expressing his enthusiasm for the meat’s potential and its acceptance by young chefs. Biokraft Foods, founded by Kamalnayan Tibrewal, plans to introduce a lab-grown chicken breast variant to the market soon, initially targeting restaurants and hotels, despite global challenges facing the cultivated meat industry, such as high production costs, scaling difficulties, and regulatory hurdles in some countries.
Source: Lab-grown meat could soon be a reality in restaurants across India