It is still unclear whether the acronym of KFC will be reduced by the ” C ” of ” chicken “. Because of the chicken, aficionados of the american restaurant, could not eat, at least not really. Clubic.com reports that the company has signed a partnership agreement with a Russian company bio-printing to develop a product with the taste and texture similar to chicken meat.

KFC says on its website that ” 3D Bioprinting Solutions has been developing a technology of bio-printing additive using chicken cells and plant material, allowing it to reproduce the taste and texture of the chicken meat almost without the involvement of animals in the process “. In this partnership, the restaurant chain will provide the company with Russian ingredients, such as breading or spices, which make up ” the signature taste of KFC “. The objective will then be to add the substitute of chicken developed by 3D Bioprinting Solutions. According to KFC, ” at the present time, no other method available on the market could enable the creation of products as complex from animal cells “.

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To justify the new policy, the chain of fast-food invokes moral reasons, but also environmental. On her site, she supports her about a study of the American Environmental Science & Technology Journal. There we read that a meat grown in the laboratory would reduce to 45 % the energy requirement compared to the chicken farm, and greenhouse gas emissions would fall by 96 %. At the same time, the united Nations food and agriculture organization (FAO) expects that the global consumption of meat will double between 2000 and 2050. According to the united Nations, the livestock represents to him while only 15 % of greenhouse gas emissions in the world.

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