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First Meatless Hot Dog
Dr. Miller creates the first meatless hot dog. It is made of okara (soy pulp) and wheat gluten packed into a sausage casing with a cheese substitute made of curdled soy milk. -
Seth Tibbot Begins Producing Tempeh
Seth Tibbot starts making a fermented soy product from Indonesia called tempeh. He is inspired by “Diet for a Small Planet”, by Moore Lappes, where he learns that it takes 16 pounds of soy and wheat to produce one pound of beef, while it takes only eight ounces of soybeans to make one pound of tempeh. The company he forms, Turtle Island Foods, Inc., later becomes the famous provider of tofurkey. -
PETA Announces In Vitro Meat Contest
PETA announces a one million dollar prize to the first laboratory to use chicken cells to create test tube, or in vitro, meat. Their primary goal is to replace chicken with the artificially created meat. Contestants must produce in vitro chicken meat that is indistinguishable from real chicken meat and produce enough to be sold commercially in 10 US states. -
PETA Extends Deadline
PETA extends its contest date to March 4, 2014. The requirements are not changed. -
First In Vitro Burger
The first lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference sponsored by Sergi Brin in London. It is cooked by chef Richard McGeown and tasted by food critics Hanni Ruetzler and Josh Schonwald, who respond that it was “close to meat”, with the “right texture” but the “wrong flavour”. It is made of tens of billions of lab grown cells, and cost about $300,000 to make. -
PETA's Contest Ends
PETA’s in vitro chicken contest ends. The chicken will be judged by a panel of judges from PETA after being made into fried chicken. Entries must receive at least 80 out of 100 to win. -
Worldwide Meat Consumption Increases
According to one report, the meat demand in 2050 will increase by 73%. Another says that the worldwide meat consumption per person will double by then.