The fast food chain wants to develop the world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets.

这家快餐连锁店希望开发世界上第一个实验室生产的鸡块。

By Stephanie Mlot

由 斯蒂芬妮Mlot

Nobody does chicken—or food innovation—like KFC. The fast food chain has partnered with 3D Bioprinting Solutions in Russia to develop the world’s first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets.

没有人像肯德基那样有鸡肉或食品创新。 这家快餐连锁店已与俄罗斯3D Bioprinting Solutions合作开发了世界上第一个实验室生产的鸡块。

Inspired by the growing demand for animal alternatives, KFC wants to craft the “meat of the future.” The project, according to a press release, aims to forge something “as close as possible in both taste and appearance” to the restaurant’s original product, while remaining environmentally friendly.

在对动物替代品的需求不断增长的鼓舞下， 肯德基希望打造 “未来之肉”。 根据新闻稿，该项目旨在在保持环境友好性的前提下，打造出与餐厅原始产品“在口味和外观上都尽可能接近”的产品。

“Our experiment in testing 3D bioprinting technology to create chicken products can also help address several looming global problems,” Raisa Polyakova, general manager of KFC Russia, said in a statement. “We are glad to contribute to its development and are working to make it available to thousands of people in Russia and, if possible, around the world.”

肯德基俄罗斯分公司总经理Raisa Polyakova在一份声明中说：“我们测试3D生物打印技术以生产鸡肉产品的实验也可以帮助解决一些迫在眉睫的全球性问题。” “我们很高兴为它的发展做出贡献，并正在努力将其提供给俄罗斯乃至全世界的数千人。”

A final product should be ready for testing this fall in Moscow, where folks are working on additive bioprinting technology that uses chicken cells and plant material to reproduce the taste and texture of meat, “almost” without involving animals. Biomeat has the same microelements of the original product without any additives (typically used in the production, processing, treatment, packaging, transportation, or storage), making it cleaner and more ethical, considering the process does not harm animals.

最终产品应该准备在今年秋天在莫斯科进行测试，在那里人们正在研究添加生物打印技术，该技术利用鸡细胞和植物材料“几乎”不涉及动物地复制肉的味道和质地。 Biomeat具有与原始产品相同的微量元素，没有任何添加剂(通常用于生产，加工，处理，包装，运输或存储)，考虑到该Craft.io不会对动物造成伤害，因此使其更清洁，更符合道德。

“3D bioprinting technologies, initially widely recognized in medicine, are nowadays gaining popularity in producing foods such as meat,” said Yusef Khesuani, co-founder of 3D Bioprinting Solutions. “In the future, the rapid development of such technologies will allow us to make 3D-printed meat products more accessible and we are hoping that the technology created as a result of our cooperation with KFC will help accelerate the launch of cell-based meat products on the market.”

“ 3D生物打印技术最初在医学上得到广泛认可，如今在生产肉类等食品中越来越受欢迎，” 3D Bioprinting Solutions联合创始人Yusef Khesuani说。 “将来，此类技术的快速发展将使我们能够更容易地获得3D打印的肉类产品，我们希望，与我们与肯德基合作所创造的技术将有助于加速基于细胞的肉类产品的上市在市场上。”

KFC cites a study by the American Environmental Science & Technology Journal. It suggests growing meat from cells is also believed to have minimal negative impact on the environment, cutting energy consumption by more than half, reducing greenhouse gas emissions 25 fold, and using 100 times less land than traditional farm-based production. “At KFC, we are closely monitoring all of the latest trends and innovations and doing our best to keep up with the times by introducing advanced technologies to our restaurant networks,” Polyakova added. “Crafted meat products are the next step in the development of our ‘restaurant of the future’ concept.”

肯德基援引《美国环境科学与技术杂志》的一项研究。 它表明，人们还认为，用细胞种植肉对环境的负面影响最小，将能源消耗减少了一半以上，减少了25倍的温室气体排放，并且使用的土地比传统农场生产的土地少100倍。 “在肯德基，我们一直在密切监视所有最新趋势和创新，并通过在我们的餐厅网络中引入先进技术来尽力与时俱进，” Polyakova补充说。 “肉制品是我们'未来餐厅'概念发展的下一步。”

Originally published at https://www.pcmag.com.

最初发布在 https://www.pcmag.com 。