If It Isn’t Milk—It Isn’t Milk

Whatever the claims about lab-grown milk’s environmental footprint vis-à-vis real milk, the claim to identical nutritional value can be dismissed right now.

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Commentary

The world’s first “lab-grown milk” was debuted last month. In a media report, the credentials of this new confection—nutritional and environmental—were extolled at some length.