Two food lovers have eaten meat that was grown in a lab. It is the first time anyone has done this. It was part of a $380,000 research project run by Google co-founder Sergey Brin. A team of scientists at a university in Holland took two months to grow the meat. They used stem cells from a cow to grow 20,000 tiny pieces of meat. They added salt, egg powder, breadcrumbs and other ingredients to make the burger. Mr Brin hopes we will all eat artificial meat in ten years. He wants to stop animals from being killed for food. He also knows stem-cell meat is better for the environment.

Two food experts tested the taste of the beef burger on Monday. An English chef fried it in sunflower oil and butter. Austrian food scientist Hanni Rutzler said it was "close to meat" but it "lacked juiciness" and was a little tough. US writer Josh Schonwald said it was a little dry because it had no fat, but was like a real burger. He said: "The bite feels like a conventional hamburger." Many journalists wanted a taste, but there was only one burger. Researcher Mark Post said his children would get any leftovers. He said cells taken from one cow could produce 175 million burgers.