About 40 per cent of the imported chicken sold by catering suppliers undergoes heavy processing. The meat that results is so rubbery and tasteless it is known in the trade as 'plastic chicken'.

A new bioreactor system uses hollow fibers to deliver nutrients to lab-grown tissue, enabling scalable cultured chicken meat ...

Lucy Notarantonio is Newsweek's Senior Lifestyle and Trends Reporter, based in Birmingham, UK. Her focus is trending stories and human interest features ranging from health, pets and travel.