Lab-grown burgers and cricket salads could be 'norm' by 2054, says UK report

Attitudes towards healthy diets could see insect proteins, including crickets, locusts, and grasshoppers becoming part of a more "flexitarian diet" in 2054, say researchers.Research conducted at the University of York for the Co-op's Responsible Retailing Report, shows a rise in horticultural production in Britain complemented by urban indoor farming.Diets will have more balance of protein, carbohydrate, fiber and more pulses/seeds, with the diversity of protein options increasing over the next 30 years, including British high quality meat, and lab-produced meat replacements.Professor Bob Doherty, Director of FixOurFood from the School for Business and Society at the University of York, said, "Over the last 30 years we have seen scientific leaps into more sustainable produce which were unimaginable to most back in 1994. Products derived from plant crops such as wheat gluten or legumes, or cultured from animal tissues, could become the norm by 2054."The report suggests that the ...