We live in interesting times. Fascinating times. That is one thing we can be pretty sure about.
With lab grown and plant-based meats already making its way to the restaurant tables, now an Israeli startup is working on lab grown dairy products. And not from any cow cells or milk cells but purely created in a laboratory.
According to the people behind Remilk, they have found a way to make milk without using a single cow in the process, by genetically recreating the proteins found in milk and inserting them into a single cell microbe, whatever that means. They then used a microbial fermentation process to increase the proteins and then dried it into a powder.
They claim this process has given them an identical copy of milk, but without the lactose and without the cholesterol.
This should be great for lactose-intolerant Jews.
When TOI asked if this milk will be pareve or dairy, they stressed that while not being a rabbi to make such a determination, not a single cell was taken from a cow (or any other animal) in the process. Yet, it is a milk protein like regular milk and he claims in the lab they are identical.
To me it seems this would clearly be pareve and not dairy. It is even better than the lab grown meat from an animal cell, on which there is a question and debate because of the animal cell used as the source. This is purely done in the lab with no animal cells. Maybe there would be a maris ayin issue, until this product becomes so popular and well known, but considering it as actual dairy seems unreasonable.
Soon you might be able to eat lab grown meat while drinking a cup of lab grown chocolate milk
I look forward to hearing the different opinions about this new development.
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Is there anything in the 'state' of Israel that is Jewish?! Why are they more global and technorats than everywhere else? Just saw a video about Israel making deals with their new found friends in the Emirates to sell them property in EY, etc. What is going on? The newest insanity, 'meatless meat, milkless milk'.
ReplyDeleteIf MBD doesn't come very soon, then H' Help us because it's too terrible to contemplate.
The only thing we have, which is everything, is Emunah & Bitachon in H', which will save the Yehudi who holds on to that!
uhhh...ok?
DeleteThe Ramoh discusses pareve milk. That was 500 years ago. Halevai that pareve milk should be the Jewish people's biggest problem.
DeleteI still want to know why anonymous above thinks Mordechai Ben David is the savior of mankind. I like his singing but that’s ridiculous!
DeleteTo me it seems this would clearly be pareve and not dairy. It is even better than the lab grown meat from an animal cell, on which there is a question and debate because of the animal cell used as the source. This is purely done in the lab with no animal cells.
ReplyDeleteActually, it is even better than that. All milk comes from animal cells -- cells of cows, goats and sheep. The fact that there is a source from a cow does not make it milk.
Although I have no proof, I would think that to be considered "chalav," the liquid has to derive from an animal's udders. Which this is not.
It’s all a plan to eliminate animal foods. No more butter, milk, cheese, eggs (yes, eggs), and beef, chicken, lamb and goat. The Arabs will not go for this. Only the “progressive” socialists will be making our food like that in Gan Eden?
ReplyDeleteBack to the future.
Of course that “sustainable” and “carbon free” and in line with climate change (sarcasm).
DeleteSounds like lab-grown milk would be Pareve. Meat from Animal cells may have a different problem - if the cell's are from a living cow, there could be a question of Ever Min haChay, so it would be problematic for even Bnei Noach - but I assume that the Poskim will deal with this issue if/when lab-grown roducts become commercially available
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