Mammoth meat was 'prepared' to become meatballs in the Netherlands

Last Tuesday, the 28th, in the capital of Holland, the flesh of a mammoth dead for thousands of years. The meatball was made from laboratory meat from a woolly mammoth, a species thought to be extinct. The production causes a mix between the food of the past and the reflection of food in the future.

The purpose of the preparation was to raise awareness

In Amsterdam, meatloaf created by cultured meat vow was displayed at the NEMO science museum, inside a kind of aquarium for all participants to contemplate.

Despite being something ready, experts do not say it is fit for consumption.

You will need to test to see if the product is within food safety parameters, as the meat itself is thousands of years old. Only after the food tests will the researchers be able to be sure of the quality for consumption.

Mammoth meat draws criticism

Until it turned into a ball of meat, the process required weeks of cultivation. The meatball was made by

scientists who managed to join the myoglobin DNA of a mammoth and the genes of the African elephant.

According to the researchers, the currently existing animal is the closest relative of the woolly mammoth still alive.

In an interview with AFP, Tim Noakesmith, co-founder of vow (meat producer), states that the choice of a woolly mammoth to produce the meatball is part of a symbolism of loss caused by previous climate changes.

For Tim, this would be the same fate as humans if eating habits do not change, exemplifying when talking about large-scale agriculture and the way humans are eating.

One of the biggest prospects for the future is the high-demand production of meat from plants or meat raised in laboratories.

Livestock emits 14.5% of greenhouse gases that man can cause. This percentage could rise to 70% by 2050, which is why this production of over 4,000 years is currently active.

For Tim, the best choice could be to offer “something better” so that people stop eating meat.

Until proper food safety tests are done, researchers say they are under great anxiety to find out what mammoth meat tastes like.

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