In 2013, we had the first lab-grown burger, presented by Dr. Mark Post at a cost of $330,000! Since then, the FDA has approved companies like UPSIDE Foods, to sell cultivated meat within the USA.

Despite growing regulatory attention, only 27% of U.S. adults are familiar with cultivated meat, and the term “lab-grown” is more recognizable but significantly less appealing to consumers.

But as of March 2025, lab-grown meat is not readily available to American consumers. Lab-grown meat companies are working to perfect their products, lower costs, and scale up.

A meat shelf at a grocery store in Cleveland, Miss. The state’s penalties for growing or selling lab-grown meat include a $500 fine and up to three months in jail. Rory Doyle for The New York Times ...

Lab-grown meat has only recently entered the U.S. market, following the FDA's approval in 2022 of products from companies such as GOOD Meat, which introduced a product made 99 percent from chicken ...

In 2024 he published a post on his website that commended the cultivated meat bans in Florida and Alabama. “I want my steak to come from farm-raised beef, not a petri-dish from a lab,” he wrote.

The first lab-grown burger debuted more than a decade ago. It originated from the stem cells of a dead cow, which were put into a gel and left to grow for three months. Some 20,000 muscle fibers ...

Texas has passed a law banning the sale of lab-grown meat, joining six other states in banning the practice, while Austin-based BioBQ aims to be the first company in the world to make lab-grown bee… ...

HOUSTON — While lab-grown meat might be gaining popularity nationwide, here in Texas, you won't be seeing it on your plate anytime soon. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that bans it in the Lone ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — New rules for lab-grown meat are set to take effect in Tennessee next month. Lawmakers passed a bill this year to establish a permit process through the Department of ...