Environmental impacts of cultured meat production

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 6117-6123

  Tuomisto, Hanna L ^a   Teixeira De Mattos, M Joost ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SOURCE; GHG EMISSION; IN-VITRO; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LOWER ENERGIES; MEAT PRODUCTION; MUSCLE CELL GROWTH; RESEARCH METHODS; TISSUE-ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; WATER USE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROWTH KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY;

MEATS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CELL ORGANELLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEAT; RESEARCH WORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CULTURED MEAT; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER CONTENT;

CALIFORNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MEAT; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY;

EUROPE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79960549112     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es200130u     Document Type: Article

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