by Rhoda Wilson, Expose News:
The UK has become the first European country to approve the sale of artificial meat for pet food. The regulatory clearance was granted to Meatly, a company developing cultivated meat from animal cells. The initial product will be chicken-based and intended for use in dog food. However, they hope to expand the market and sell their artificial meat to humans.
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Artificial meat – also known as in vitro, cultivated, cell-based, clean, cultured, lab-grown or slaughter-free meat – is meat that is grown in a cell culture outside an animal’s body instead of inside, naturally.
On 2 July 2024, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (“APHA”) approved Meatly’s chicken cells cultivated in a laboratory for use in pet food. Regulators cleared the use of chicken cultivated from animal cells, which London-based lab-grown protein company Meatly is planning to sell to manufacturers. The approval marks the first time a lab-grown pet food ingredient has been authorised, globally.
Meatly was founded in 2022 by Owen Ensor and partner Helder Cruz with backing from investor Agronomics, a London-listed biotechnology and synthetic biology venture capitalist company focused on investment opportunities within the field of “cellular agriculture.” In 2023, Meatly secured funding from Pets at Home, the UK’s leading pet care business.
The company plans to sell its product to approved pet food manufacturers, with the first samples expected to hit UK shelves as early as this year. The first pet food to contain Meatly cells will be dog food.
Meatly CEO Owen Ensor, a vegan who has a background in the insect protein business, says that the startup has already shipped some of its chicken cells to pet food manufacturers so they can run their own nutritional tests and trial different formulations of pet food made using Meatly’s cells as an ingredient. Meatly will initially focus on scaling up production to reach industrial volumes over the next three years.
As reported by Wired, the cells that end up in Meatly’s chicken pâté came from commercially available cells sourced from a fertilised chicken egg. The cells are spontaneously immortalised which means that they can duplicate indefinitely, unlike non-immortalised cells which stop growing after a certain number of duplications.
According to Ensor, the finished ingredient is currently costing “double figures” in pounds sterling per kilo, but that is before it is mixed with other ingredients in pet food. “It will be a premium product because the prices are still high,” he says.
There is no explicit information on specific health benefits or risks associated with cultivated meat for pets being reported. They are simply playing on people’s emotions, using the concept of heart-over-head to push this laboratory concoction masquerading as food.
As The Guardian reported: “It is thought there will be demand for cultivated pet food, as animal lovers face a dilemma about feeding their pets meat from slaughtered livestock.”
And Ensor stated that Meatly’s cultivated pet food will allow owners to feed their cats and dogs meat “in a way that is kinder to our planet and other animals.”
“Pet parents are crying out for a better way to feed their cats and dogs meat,” he said. It is no accident that Ensor uses terms such as “pet parents” to market his product which appeals to the heart and not the mind.
Four Paws – whose vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding is promoting artificial meat for animals but insists that this can only be achieved if the whole world is vegan – shows their lack of respect and understanding of animals and animals needs by campaigning for artificial meat for pets because it is of benefit to the environment.
Dogs are carnivores. They share a common ancestry with other carnivores like wolves, jackals and foxes. While dogs can survive on a diet with some plant matter, they are primarily designed to thrive on a meat-based diet. To force a dog to survive on a vegan diet is nothing short of abuse.
For cats, the need for meat is even greater. They require a diet rich in animal-based protein to survive. Their bodies are adapted to thrive on a meat-based diet. Without a steady supply of nutrients that meat provides, cats can suffer from various health problems, including liver and heart issues, skin irritation and hearing loss. Forcing any cat to eat only plant-based foods is unquestionably abuse.
Vegan cats and dogs, it’s preposterous. What “feel good” lunacy will they come up with next? Will they give a bag of grapefruits to a lion to eat for breakfast? They could stoop that low, nothing is surprising anymore.
If you are opposed to giving a pet the meat it needs for its health and well-being, then don’t have a carnivore, e.g. a dog or a cat, as a pet. Opt for a rabbit or hamster instead.
Four Paws reveals the real agenda behind its fake meat campaign in its reasoning of why fake meat benefits the environment. Following the climate change cult talking points, Four Paws states: “The increasing demand for meat and dairy products is having a detrimental effect on the environment and climate. Worldwide, 14.5 to 16.5% of total human-made greenhouse gas emissions stem from the livestock sector, of which the beef and dairy industries play the biggest part due to its methane emissions. Over 80% of all agricultural land is used to produce animal protein.”
What all the advocates for artificial meat are effectively saying is that pets should not be eating their natural diet because humans want to feel better about themselves. This is a heart-over-head approach, prioritising emotions over rational thinking and logic.
