Nuggets of the future: KFC to test 3-D printed chicken this fall

Updated: 9:38 AM EDT Jul 23, 2020

KFC has been experimenting with food innovation process for a while now, including the introduction of plant-based chicken nuggets last year. But a new effort in Russia might just be the Louisville-based company's most ambitious project yet, reports Louisville Business First.KFC is launching the development of innovative 3D bioprinting technology to create chicken meat in partnership with 3D Bioprinting Solutions research labs based in Moscow, Russia.The project aims to create the world's first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets, using chicken cells and plant material. According to a release on KFC's website, the idea of crafting the meat of the future arose among partners in response to the growing popularity of a healthy lifestyle and nutrition, the annual increase in demand for alternatives to traditional meat and the need to develop more environmentally friendly methods of food production.Read more about this story from Louisville Business First.

KFC has been experimenting with food innovation process for a while now, including the introduction of plant-based chicken nuggets last year. But a new effort in Russia might just be the Louisville-based company's most ambitious project yet, reports Louisville Business First.

KFC is launching the development of innovative 3D bioprinting technology to create chicken meat in partnership with 3D Bioprinting Solutions research labs based in Moscow, Russia.

The project aims to create the world's first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets, using chicken cells and plant material. According to a release on KFC's website, the idea of crafting the meat of the future arose among partners in response to the growing popularity of a healthy lifestyle and nutrition, the annual increase in demand for alternatives to traditional meat and the need to develop more environmentally friendly methods of food production.

Read more about this story from Louisville Business First.

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