Daily Mirror: Fortnum & Mason creates Scotch egg made with sausage meat grown in lab using cells from cow

February 2nd, 2024

The store that invented the Scotch egg has hatched a new scientific version – made with sausage meat grown in a lab.

Posh retailer Fortnum & Mason first created the snack in 1738. And its latest version contains a quail’s egg encased in meat that has been grown from cells plucked from a sedated Aberdeen Angus cow. That might sound unappetising to some, but taste testers, who had to sign a waiver before tucking in, disagreed.

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