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Two food have eaten meat that was in a lab. It is the first time anyone has eaten meat. The experiment is part of a project by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He over $380,000 in research for the burger. It took a of scientists at a university in Holland over two months to grow the meat for the patty. They used stem cells from a and grew 20,000 tiny pieces of meat. These were with salt, egg powder, breadcrumbs and other ingredients to make the burger. Mr Brin hopes artificial meat will become part of our in ten years. He wants to stop animals from being killed for food. He also knows stem-cell meat will be better for the .

Mr Brin's burger was put to the taste on Monday. Two food experts tried the beef burger. An English chef it in sunflower oil and butter. Austrian food scientist Hanni Rutzler said it was “ to meat” but it “lacked ”. She also thought it was a little harder than she . US author Josh Schonwald that it was a little dry but was like a real burger. He said: “The absence is the fat. It has a leanness but the bite like a conventional hamburger.” Many journalists wanted a taste, but there was only burger. Lead researcher Mark Post said he would give any to his children. He said cells taken from one cow could produce 175 burgers.

 
 

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