Abstract:Based on a comparative analysis of challenges faced by traditional meat production and the environmental impacts of cultivated meat, it is indicated that the cultivated meat is an advanced form of meat production in the production technology, development concept and future significance. The comparative analysis of different LCA of cultivated meat suggests various environment factors affecting of cultivated meat production, including raw material source, cell growth density and so on. Compared with the traditional meat production, the process of cultivated meat production could take up less land area and consume almost negligible fresh water resources, showing significant advantages in greenhouse gas emission. It can also be concluded from this study that there is still much room for improvement in reducing the impact of cultivated meat life cycle on the environment. It is necessary to further reduce its environmental impact by developing specific processes suitable for industrial production and tackling a series of basic scientific and technological problems, so as to meet the requirements of human civilization for sustainable development. However, the industrialized production technology of cultivated meat has not been established so far, and the specific parameters of cell proliferation, differentiation and quality control of cultivated meat have not yet been defined, resulting in great differences among different LCA. In order to promote the development of cultivated meat industrialization, it is necessary to determine the industrialized production technology of cultivated meat as soon as possible. According to the basic level of Chinese equipment reagent industry, the LCA of cultivated meat in line with the current situation of Chinese technological development should be counted, which could provide the theoretical basis for formulating the development policies of relevant cultivated meat industrialization in China in the future.
