Texas banned lab-grown meat. What’s next for the industry?
Casey Crownhart
created: Sept. 11, 2025, 8 a.m. | updated: Sept. 17, 2025, 8:41 a.m.
Alternative meat products, including those grown in a lab, could help cut the greenhouse gases from agriculture.
In the US, just a handful of companies can legally sell products including cultivated chicken, pork fat, and salmon.
(I visited San Francisco to try Upside’s cultivated chicken at a Michelin-starred restaurant a few years ago.)
Until recently, the only place you could reliably find lab-grown meat in Texas was a sushi restaurant in Austin.
Otoko featured Wildtype’s cultivated salmon on a special tasting menu starting in July.
3 months ago: MIT Technology Review