Meat, fish, poultry are widely available for our consumption today. Many of the world’s population have access to protein sources not only from animals, but from plants. It may not feel like there’s a need to augment current protein sources, but this will be more pronounced in the future as the population increases, as part of food security. When I come across reports on cultured meat, test-tube meat – future meat, I admit it does pique my curiosity and I begin to imagine flavors and textures. Cultured meat refers to any meat that is grown outside of an animal. The most recent report is from Memphis Meat, which in February this year debuted meat grown from cells of cows, pigs, and chickens. The US-based tech company said among its first products would be sausages, hot dogs, burgers, and meatballs made using recipes from award-winning chefs. You’ll have to wait for about five years to taste those products, which by the way would probably taste “normal” if we take the word o