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McDonalds Announces It’s the First Chain to Produce Lab Grown Chicken

May 9, 2014 by Adria Ali 4 Comments

 

 

I read this article and was literally in SHOCK.   A couple weeks ago I posted an article about McDonalds Fries and the shocking truth about how many chemicals are in them.   Now it seems they’ve made news once more, except this time it’s for something even worse!!   No it’s not the pink slug in their chicken nuggets ( we already wrote about that  months ago), this time it’s about them growing chicken in their labs FROM STEM CELLS.    It could be just a matter of time until lab grown chicken is being served from a drive through near you!

 

stem cells chicken nuggets

 

McDonalds just announced that they will be the first fast food chain in America to serve lab grown meat.  This was after the success of the Sergey Brin’s lab-grown burger experiment in London last year.   McDonalds plans to grown their own chicken in New Jersey labs in efforts to reduce the number of “real” chickens needed to run their over 35,000 fast food restaurants.  

Why Grow Chicken From Stem Cells Labs ??

The president and chief of McDonalds made this statement about the lab grown chicken,

“With climate change raging out of control, we decided that it doesn’t make sense to use water and feed to keep real chickens alive anymore,” Thompson said. “Plus, animal rights activists have been on our case for a long time about how chickens are treated. This should put their concerns to rest.” Indeed, Ingrid E. Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) celebrated the announcement.

“Although we think it’s bizarre that future McNuggets will be grown in a lab, we’re relieved to know that chickens no longer have to be sacrificed to feed McDonald’s customers,” Newkirk said. “But we won’t truly be happy until the company stops selling real beef burgers too, since cows suffer in disgusting feedlots across the United States (source).”

 

How Is McDonalds Chicken Being “Grown”?

 

LIKE THIS !! 

 

stem cell chicken nuggets

 

All this talk of lab grown chicken is making me want to become vegan!!!

While stem cell beef isn’t too far off, McDonalds must first master how to create stem cell chicken that taste half decent!   The chicken is grown from stems cells from live chickens.

“We take stem cells from real chickens and add them to lab grown fat,” Thompson revealed. “We can’t tell you the rest of the ingredients that we use to make the McNuggets taste good, but we are here to assure loyal customers that they will be a lot worse than pink slime or that yoga mat stuff that Subway used.”

When asked what Thompson thought of people being grossed out by the thought of stem cell chicken, his reply was “The American public doesn’t care what they eat as long as it’s cheap.”
Is anyone else scared by the comments of this chain giant?   I am!   This should be a fascinating process to watch.   Will the American public continue to eat “cheap” food as long as it tastes good??  Does it matter that the food is made from stem cells??   Sound off  Fit Tip Daily readers and share what your thoughts are on this new food “growing” process.

 

Adria

 

 

 

 

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About Adria Ali

I am the author of this web page and I have been a personal trainer for over 13 years. I currently hold a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology (exercise science), as well as all of the certifications from National Academy of Sports Medicine. I also have a background in sports training as well as internships in physical therapy and Occupational Therapy. I got into personal training to help people like my mom who struggled with her weight her whole life.


DISCLAIMER: The purpose of FitTipDaily.com is to promote broad consumer understanding and knowledge of various health topics. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Comments

  1. Paul Russell says

    October 11, 2016 at 8:50 am

    This technology will save the world. Count me in.
  2. Stuart says

    August 3, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    You put a lot of emphasis on the 'lab grown' and 'stem cell' aspects of this meat. If you don't have a problem with eating meat in general then why would either of these things, on their own, be a problem for you?
  3. Dave says

    October 20, 2018 at 8:11 pm

    You can count me out. I only ear natural, God created food. I used to eat at McDonalds occasionally, but not anymore.
  4. R.P says

    November 26, 2018 at 2:22 pm

    This can't come soon enough and I guess one advantage of MacDonalds size is they can commit huge amounts of cash to the tech. Both the environmental impact and cruelty issues can be addressed through this. It is also called clean meat since it lacks faecal matter etc. "Natural" is a totally contrived and false and plain silly spiritual belief and means at best next to nothing when analysis rationally - go and freeze naked eating raw slugs if that's your atavistic angle and God or nature doesn't create food - it is the result of human intervention and technology, breeding selection etc

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