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 bioreactor that mimics a circulatory system can deliver nutrients and oxygen to artificial tissue, enabling the production of over 10 grams of chicken muscle for cultured meat applications.

This breakthrough enables the scalable production of cultured meat, including 10 grams of chicken muscle, with potential applications in food production, regenerative medicine and biohybrid robotics.