As a thinking experiment, let us consider that on the 1st of January of 2025 it is announced that an advance making possible growing any kind of animal tissue in laboratory conditions as been achieved and that it is possible to scale it in order to achieve industrial grade production level.
There is no limit on which animal tissues can be grown, so, any species is achieveable, only being needed a small cell sample from an animal to start production, and the cultivated tissues are safe for consumption.
There won’t be any perceiveable price change to the end consummer, as the growing is a complex and labour intensive process, requiring specialized equipments and personnel.
Would you change to this new diet option?
Baseline for the average person will be the make-believe-meats already on the market. Can’t blame them.
Personally, if you want to cut back on meat consumption, just cut it and enrich your diet with other ingredients and new dishes and cooking styles. For me, the entire industry of the meat-that-isn’t is an ugly grab for the wallets of people, not something necessary.
Meat should be a luxury.