Microplastics, environmental depletion, waste, pollution, health crisis. All words taking over today’s biggest headlines and news outlets. These concerns do contain harsh truths. Plastics are a huge environmental issue because of their long-life spans and centuries needed to decay. Figure 1. Plastic wasteland piled high with plastic products (Wasteland, n.d.). Therefore bioplastics, synthetic plastics made from biomass with biodegradable properties, are becoming a growing to

In labs around the world, scientists have been growing real meat without raising animals, which is called cultivated meat. As global meat demand is expected to increase by 73% from 2010 to 2050, cultivated meat can address challenges in sustainability, ethics, and food safety ( Food and Agriculture Organization, 2011) . From Cells to Meat Scientists first take a small sample, or biopsy, from a living animal and isolate muscle stem cells. These cells are then cultured in biore

Artificial flavoring is ubiquitous in most food products on the food market. Originating from the high consumer demand for consistent...