[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":340},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-fighting-against-a-small-enemy-the-nima-peanut-sensor-review":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":187,"relatedBooks":339},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":33,"project_category":48,"contact_email_category":49,"yst_prominent_words":50,"class_list":55,"better_featured_image":78,"acf":122,"yoast_meta":131,"_links":134},22166,"2018-10-23T14:00:48","2018-10-23T12:00:48",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F","2022-05-31T14:56:46","2022-05-31T12:56:46","fighting-against-a-small-enemy-the-nima-peanut-sensor-review","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffighting-against-a-small-enemy-the-nima-peanut-sensor-review",{"rendered":17},"Fighting Against A Small Enemy: The Nima Peanut Sensor Review",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Peanut accounts for the majority of severe allergic reactions, and so far there was no possibility to double-check the foods said not to contain the harmful ingredient. That has changed with Nima’s latest innovation, the portable, pocket-sized peanut sensor. I was excited to test the newest tool in the fight against food allergies. Here, you find my verdict about the peanut sensor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Peanuts are deadlier than tornadoes\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As odd as it sounds, peanuts might be more dangerous than hurricanes. While the allergic reactions to the underground seeds kill every year about 150 people, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.livescience.com\u002F34559-tornado-deaths-infographic.html\">tornadoes stay in the range of 100-120 – except for some peak years\u003C\u002Fa>. And \u003Cstrong>in the case of the innocent-looking peanuts, a minimal amount can cause a life-threatening \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Facaai.org\u002Fallergies\u002Ftypes\u002Ffood-allergies\u002Ftypes-food-allergy\u002Fpeanut-allergy\">anaphylactic shock\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> – and if there’s no EpiPen around, the attack can result in a deadly outcome\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, peanut allergy is more common than ever before: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoungwomenshealth.org\u002F2013\u002F12\u002F06\u002Fpeanut-allergy\u002F\">its prevalence has tripled in the past ten years\u003C\u002Fa>. In the Western world, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.news-medical.net\u002Fhealth\u002FPeanut-Allergy-Prevalence.aspx\">the occurrence in some populations can be as high as 1 in 200 individuals\u003C\u002Fa>. In the United Kingdom, peanut allergy is present in between 0.4 and 0.6 % of the whole community. Approximately 1-2% of children in the United States have a diagnosed peanut allergy. However, in China, fish, shrimp, seaweed, and crab trigger food allergies, which make up only 3.4 to 5.0% of all allergies, while peanut allergy is unheard of. In Australia, the chance of getting a peanut allergy is even more unlikely: only 0.25% of the population is concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Beyond the severity and prevalence of the food allergy, peanuts are especially dangerous and difficult to fight – and they generally show their true colors very early\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Peanut allergy \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fyoungwomenshealth.org\u002F2013\u002F12\u002F06\u002Fpeanut-allergy\u002F\">usually starts by age 2 with 75% of allergic reactions happening the first time a child eats peanuts\u003C\u002Fa>. Moreover, the allergic reaction could be fierce: twenty percent of people with peanut allergies can experience a life-threatening event when they eat the seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-22167\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Allergy.jpg\" alt=\"peanut sensor\" class=\"wp-image-22167\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Allergy.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Allergy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Allergy-512x342.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.earthtrekkers.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>With technology against the aggressive peanut\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That’s why Nima’s latest invention could relieve worried parents with allergic kids as well as adults, whose lives are a constant food-related misery, from the pressure of double-checking every food label and\u002For interrogating clueless waiters about the ingredients of the restaurant’s meals when eating out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s not the first sensor of Nima in the fight against food allergies. \u003Cstrong>The Silicon Valley-based company, whose name comes from the Persian word for just or fair, has been marketing their Nima gluten sensor for two years already –named \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ftime.com\u002F4115398\u002Fbest-inventions-2015\u002Fitem\u002Fthe-sensor-that-sniffs-out-gluten\u002F\">one of Time Magazine’s 25 best inventions of 2015\u003C\u002Fa>. Since then, the device became a popular tool among people with gluten sensitivities.\u003C\u002Fstrong> As their world map shows, meals were tested in many corners of the Earth: from the Siam Kitchen Express in Hawaii through the Dolce Locura in Chile until the Sushilka in Russia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>I also had the chance to test the gluten sensor with both gluten-containing and gluten-free meals – and \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftesting-food-gluten-home-nima-sensor-review\">the entire team had a technological sublime during the process\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>. Never before had I had the chance to test food for gluten at home – and I had the same feeling with the peanut sensor.\u003C\u002Fstrong> So, I couldn’t wait until the arrival of the second neatly designed, little Nima-pyramid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F20181016_131637_HDR-1.jpg\" alt=\"peanut sensor\" class=\"wp-image-22169\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F20181016_131637_HDR-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F20181016_131637_HDR-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F20181016_131637_HDR-1-512x256.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Testing the triangle-shaped anti-peanut tool\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The package that I received contained the light, hand-held device, a small pouch, a micro USB cable for a long-lasting battery as well as 12 test capsules – and (virtually) the Nima app. \u003Cstrong>The testing procedure was super-fast and smooth – very similar to the one I experienced with the gluten sensor.\u003C\u002Fstrong> I put a pea-sized amount of food – some peanut butter – into a capsule, inserted it into the gadget and pushed the one button on the device. It’s that simple. The developers even made it easier to screw back on the cap of the capsule. After some softer grunting sounds, the pyramid will show the result. In the peanut butter case I was obviously expecting a „peanut found” signal, and after two minutes, voilá, it appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I also \u003Cstrong>tested the sensor with a biscuit on whose packaging it was said that “it contains peanut in traces”\u003C\u002Fstrong> since I believe it might be the most important feature of the Nima to detect the amount of peanut which might already cause an allergic reaction. The device worked nicely: I softened the biscuit, put it into the capsule – and within minutes, it showed the “Peanut found” sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"row\">\n\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"870\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-22170\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F20181016_131745_HDR-e1539965186185.jpg\" alt=\"peanut sensor\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cdiv class=\"col\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"870\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-22172\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F20181016_132255_HDR-e1539977807112.jpg\" alt=\"peanut sensor\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cdiv class=\"col\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cfigure>\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"870\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-22171\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002F20181016_131844-e1539977784276.jpg\" alt=\"peanut sensor\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cdiv class=\"col\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How does peanut science work?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the company’s website, \u003Cstrong>the Nima-pyramid uses antibody-based chemistry to test the given sample food for peanut protein\u003C\u002Fstrong>. They explain that antibodies are large, y-shaped proteins recognizing and binding to specific target proteins – thus showing their existence clearly. That’s why they are frequently used to detect proteins in lab tests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As a consequence, the Nima team designed the sensor to detect traces of peanut in meals using specific proteins. For brainiacs: the Nima 20B10 and 16B1 antibodies bind to a peanut protein called Arah3. Although not the most antigenic, it is most abundant in all types of peanut and is more stable under processing conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FIMG_6768.jpg\" alt=\"peanut sensor\" class=\"wp-image-22204\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FIMG_6768.jpg 842w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FIMG_6768-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FIMG_6768-496x512.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What type of foods could it test?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Nima team designed the anti-peanut pyramid to test for 10 ppm, and above (equal to 0.001g peanut in a standard serving size of 100g), thus it can show tiny amounts and traces of peanut in food as well. \u003Cstrong>No matter whether it’s about soups, sauces, ice cream, peanut butter, baked goods or packaged foods.\u003C\u002Fstrong> However, there are certain \u003Cstrong>limitations\u003C\u002Fstrong>: the sensor cannot test sesame, eggplant, paprika, tomato paste or doesn’t process alcohol and solid chocolate well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Nima team was also thoughtful enough to include a pocket guide into its box – thus users do not have to remember all the food restrictions and limitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Regarding \u003Cstrong>the question of whether or not the peanut sensor could recognize other nuts\u002Ftree nuts – the support services responded that peanuts aren’t nuts in a technical sense.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Thus the team would have to create another type of sensor for testing tree nuts – and they don’t have such plans at the moment. While tree nuts, such as almonds, cashews, walnuts grow on trees, peanuts are underground vegetables, really. They belong to the family of lentils, beans or peas. That’s why a peanut sensor with antibodies optimized for detecting peanut protein cannot recognize tree nut proteins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-22176\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Butter-Ice-Cream-Cake.jpg\" alt=\"peanut sensor\" class=\"wp-image-22176\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Butter-Ice-Cream-Cake.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Butter-Ice-Cream-Cake-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F10\u002FPeanut-Butter-Ice-Cream-Cake-512x341.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.lovelylittlekitchen.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Price concerns and health insurance benefits\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As previously, in the case of the gluten sensor, I find the disposable capsules not really economical – they are expensive, and I don’t know what happens with the empty ones. (Could you send it back, so it doesn’t pollute the environment?) A 12-pack costs $72– or $59 for premium members, which means that one test costs around $5-6. That is not cheap at all. So you have to decide when and what to test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, if you are living in the US and your health insurance benefits include FSA\u002FHSA reimbursement, the peanut sensor and test capsules are reimbursable with a peanut allergy diagnosis. That’s great news, and more insurance companies should follow that great example in the future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>All-in-all, the Nima peanut sensor can provide peace of mind to anyone suffering from peanut allergy due to its easy testing procedure, portability – and accuracy. The sensors have been the subject of independent lab testing, one of which showed the sensitivity of the peanut sensor was 100 percent and the accuracy was 99.2 percent, while \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnimasensor.com\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F15\u002Fnima-peanut-assessment\u002F\">Nima’s own results\u003C\u002Fa> showed 99 percent and 97.6 percent accuracy, respectively. Thus, it could be an excellent tool for double-checking meals – and having it in the bag of persons with the allergy, next to the EpiPen, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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That has changed with Nima’s latest innovation, the portable, pocket-sized peanut sensor. I was excited to test the newest tool in the fight against food allergies. 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Check it out!",{"self":135,"collection":141,"about":144,"author":147,"replies":150,"version-history":153,"predecessor-version":157,"wp:featuredmedia":161,"wp:attachment":164,"wp:term":167,"curies":183},[136],{"href":137,"targetHints":138},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F22166",{"allow":139},[140],"GET",[142],{"href":143},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[145],{"href":146},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[148],{"embeddable":26,"href":149},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[151],{"embeddable":26,"href":152},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=22166",[154],{"count":155,"href":156},19,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F22166\u002Frevisions",[158],{"id":159,"href":160},46579,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F22166\u002Frevisions\u002F46579",[162],{"embeddable":26,"href":163},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F22177",[165],{"href":166},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=22166",[168,171,174,177,180],{"taxonomy":169,"embeddable":26,"href":170},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=22166",{"taxonomy":172,"embeddable":26,"href":173},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=22166",{"taxonomy":175,"embeddable":26,"href":176},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=22166",{"taxonomy":178,"embeddable":26,"href":179},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=22166",{"taxonomy":181,"embeddable":26,"href":182},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=22166",[184],{"name":185,"href":186,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[188],{"id":130,"date":189,"date_gmt":190,"guid":191,"modified":192,"modified_gmt":193,"slug":194,"status":13,"type":14,"link":195,"title":196,"content":198,"excerpt":200,"author":23,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":203,"categories":204,"tags":209,"project_category":221,"contact_email_category":226,"yst_prominent_words":227,"class_list":234,"better_featured_image":255,"acf":287,"yoast_meta":294,"_links":297},"2021-08-19T10:00:00","2021-08-19T08:00:00",{"rendered":9},"2021-08-19T13:08:09","2021-08-19T11:08:09","can-artificial-food-put-an-end-to-famine","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcan-artificial-food-put-an-end-to-famine",{"rendered":197},"Can Artificial Food Put an End to Famine?",{"rendered":199,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>Zero Hunger, No.2 among the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals was already off track before COVID-19 hit in 2020. But the pandemic made the state of hunger and malnutrition even worse. “\u003Cem>We are now at a critical moment in time that requires new food system approaches and urgent actions at scale to get back on track\u003C\u002Fem>” – said the UN in the statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The organisation’s report on the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fsofi\u002F2021\u002Fen\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World\u003C\u002Fa> provided some \u003Cstrong>disheartening statistics about famine and obesity worldwide.\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger and nearly one in three people, 2.37 billion did not have access to adequate food in 2020\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003Cstrong>On the other hand, the report says that difficulties accessing nutritious food are contributing to the growing problem of obesity in the world\u003C\u002Fstrong> and adult obesity is increasing sharply in all regions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>As the world population is growing and producing more food through farming strains the resources of the planet – could artificial food ensure appropriate nutrition for everyone on the globe?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food consumption today: a dead-end\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theworldcounts.com\u002Fchallenges\u002Fconsumption\u002Ffoods-and-beverages\u002Fworld-consumption-of-meat\" target=\"_blank\">The world’s demand for meat\u003C\u002Fa> will soon outpace our supply of cows, pigs, chickens or other edible animals. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhbr.org\u002F2016\u002F04\u002Fglobal-demand-for-food-is-rising-can-we-meet-it\">Climate change-driven water scarcity, rising global temperatures and extreme weather\u003C\u002Fa> will continue to have severe long-term effects on crop yields. Moreover, producing food today is incredibly stressful to the environment. And at the very end, one-third of what we cultivate goes to waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tons of meat eaten\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theworldcounts.com\u002Fembed\u002Fchallenges\u002F39?background_color=white&color=black&font_family=%22Helvetica+Neue%22%2C+Arial%2C+sans-serif&font_size=14\" style=\"border: none\" height=\"100\" width=\"300\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Given that traditional approaches haven’t mitigated the problem of global food insecurity satisfactorily and the issue will in all likelihood only aggravate in the future, we might ask what technology can offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Lab-grown chicken and artificial tuna\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Have you heard of the expressions “cell-based meat,” “in vitro meat,” “artificial meat” or even “\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.outsideonline.com\u002Fhealth\u002Fnutrition\u002Fimpossible-foods-beyond-meat-alt-meat\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">alt-meat\u003C\u002Fa>”? Experiments with producing meat-like edible organisms in laboratories multiplied over the past few years. There’s a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbinsights.com\u002Fresearch\u002Ffuture-of-meat-industrial-farming\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">$2.7 trillion global market\u003C\u002Fa> for meat (by 2040 at least), so no wonder startups and big players all want a slice of it. The competition is fierce. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Parallel to the increased interest in producing cultured or clean meat in laboratories, companies are multiplying like mushrooms in the field. Beyond Silicon Valley, scientists in Maastricht, Tel Aviv or Tokyo are experimenting with stem cells and the future of meat production while figuring out a way for mass production\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Today even fast-food chains use artificial meat, which is, in most cases, plant-based natural or lab-grown substitutes. Burger King’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.burgerking.co.uk\u002Fplant-based-options\" target=\"_blank\">plant-based meat options\u003C\u002Fa>, Taco Bell’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.foodandwine.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftaco-bell-plant-based-meat-cravetarian\" target=\"_blank\">Cravetarian\u003C\u002Fa> or McDonald’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fvegnews.com\u002F2021\u002F2\u002Fmcdonalds-beyond-meat-sign-3-year-deal-to-launch-plant-based-options\" target=\"_blank\">McPlant\u003C\u002Fa> are all on this \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thrillist.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnation\u002Fbest-plant-based-meat-items-from-fast-food-chains\" target=\"_blank\">endless list\u003C\u002Fa>. By now practically \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.today.com\u002Ffood\u002Fall-popular-fast-food-chains-offering-plant-based-meats-t171328\" target=\"_blank\">all the popular chains\u003C\u002Fa> have their meat alternatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant-based vs. artificial meat\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are multiple ways to “fake” meat. Plant-based means creating the texture and the taste of meat with its key basic ingredients. “\u003Cem>There are four key elements to animal muscle – protein, fat, water, and glycogen – present in very specific proportions\u003C\u002Fem>,” Dariush Ajami, Beyond Meat’s chief innovation officer told \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wellandgood.com\u002Falternative-meat-products\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in an interview\u003C\u002Fa> of their solution. Beyond Meat went public at a valuation of almost $1.5B in 2019.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But it’s already possible to create meat from a single meat cell in a lab. In general, the process is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3d-bioprinting-overview\">similar to 3D bioprinting\u003C\u002Fa>: scientists take a live animal’s adult muscle \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgizmodo.com\u002Fbehind-the-hype-of-lab-grown-meat-1797383294\">stem cells\u003C\u002Fa> and set them in a nutrient-rich liquid to allow them to grow around scaffolds to help them achieve the desired shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Researchers of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fculturedbeef.org\u002F\">Cultured Beef Project\u003C\u002Fa> remove muscle cells from the shoulder of a cow and feed the cells with a nutrient mix in a Petri dish, and they grow into muscle tissue. From a few starter cells, one can derive tons of meat. Netherlands-based company, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mosameat.com\u002Four-story\u002F\">Mosa Meat\u003C\u002Fa> introduced their first hamburger in London in 2013, and they promise to bring artificial beef to the masses – they are behind schedule, but they’re still on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why we need to change how we make meat\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002F0Sl9yZuPrd0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.supermeat.com\u002F\">SuperMeat\u003C\u002Fa> in Tel Aviv joined the quest to mass-produce cultured meat, working on cultivating chicken meat in their laboratory (and also in their restaurant, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthechicken.kitchen\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">The Chicken\u003C\u002Fa>, where one can only have cultivated chicken, grown directly from chicken cells). And Silicon Valley-based \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Ffinlessfoods\" target=\"_blank\">Finless Foods\u003C\u002Fa> is promising to produce real fish meat out of stem cells to create more sustainable seafood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M\u003Cstrong>ass production of cultured foie gras or synthetic chorizo?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How far are these companies from mass production? No one knows for sure. The technology to produce complex meat sorts, for example the creation of steaks or hamburgers (meat not only with muscle tissues but connective tissues or fat cells in perfect harmony) is mind-blowingly difficult. Besides, production costs are incredibly high. In 2013, the price of lab-grown meat for a hamburger was $325,000. In 2021 it is about $11 – \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffuturism.com\u002Fwere-5-years-away-from-lab-grown-meat-hitting-store-shelves\" target=\"_blank\">30,000 times less\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21802\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat.png\" alt=\"artificial food\" class=\"wp-image-21802\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002FLab-Grown-Meat-512x288.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.gizmodo.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Removing cows from the equasion\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Veganism is gaining momentum – it hit an all-time high in 2020, according to a report by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.chefspencil.com\u002Ftop-most-popular-countries-and-cities-for-vegans-in-2020\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Chef’s Pencil\u003C\u002Fa>. The market expanded significantly over the past years, as plant-based consumption grew due either to a health-based dietary choice or to environmental consciousness (remember the sad fact: of all the mammals in the world today, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.co.uk\u002Fclimate-change\u002Fnews\u002Fveganism-meat-environmental-impact-diet-b1901628.html\" target=\"_blank\">96% is livestock\u003C\u002Fa>). Eating vegan seems to be a climate-change issue, too. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are hundreds of brands producing dairy products (\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.womenshealthmag.com\u002Ffood\u002Fg29648044\u002Fvegan-cheese-brands\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">in this article\u003C\u002Fa> staff tested over 80 of them). California-based \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fperfectdayfoods.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Perfect Day\u003C\u002Fa> creates milk, cheese and ice cream without cows. Having an entire cow just to produce milk is inefficient, they claim, so the company is using a cow’s milk gene, reproducing it with a fungus. They can control what the milk actually contains, and while their milk cannot provide the same quality that Mother Nature does, it comes close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Perfect Day: Silicon Valley Startup Launches Dairy Ice Cream Made Without Cows\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Fw52ZOXRZLoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Would you eat lab-grown food\u003C\u002Fstrong>?\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Do you remember the scene from Matrix where Neo and his newfound compatriots eat breakfast? A disgusting bowl of proteins with minerals, vitamins, and nutrients: “\u003Cem>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=2oEnJfZ9joY\" target=\"_blank\">everything the body needs\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>.” Indeed, a meal replacement powder mixed with water that contains all the nutrition necessary for an average adult is a viable solution for many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The main obstacle to artificial food becoming widespread is not technology or money, but people’s strong stance against meals coming from laboratories. That’s even the case with projects that actually use fresh ingredients with state-of-the-art technology, such as the Foodini 3D food printer created by \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.naturalmachines.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Machines\u003C\u002Fa>. Lynette Kucsma, Co-Founder and CMO \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-food-the-food-of-the-future\u002F\">told\u003C\u002Fa> The Medical Futurist that “\u003Cem>usually, haters think we are forcing people to buy pre-filled food capsules and\u002For that we are making highly processed foods. Not the case at all, but quite the opposite. Once people understand that we are focused on helping people eat healthier by preparing more of their foods with fresh, real ingredients, haters stop hating\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>People have a hard time accepting foods from a lab\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In Michigan State University’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canr.msu.edu\u002Fnews\u002Fmsu-food-literacy-and-engagement-poll-wave-ii\">Food Literacy and Engagement Poll\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fwould-you-eat-meat-from-a-lab-consumers-arent-necessarily-sold-on-cultured-meat-100933\">The Conversation surveyed\u003C\u002Fa> over 2,100 Americans in 2018 asking, “\u003Cem>How likely would you be to purchase foods that look and taste identical to meat, but are based on ingredients that are produced artificially?\u003C\u002Fem>” The results were ambivalent. One-third of Americans said they would be likely to purchase cultured meat, with the other two-thirds veering toward caution. Forty-eight percent told the interviewers they’d be unlikely to buy this product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Alternative foods of the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What if we put things in perspective and push them to the limit? Scientists say the traditional pathways of agriculture might collapse due to climate change and overproduction in the next 2-3 decades. For reasons of food security, experts and organizations responsible for nutrition are not only contemplating the idea of clean meat and other types of artificial foods, but also insect-eating. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Around \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002Fnews\u002Fstory\u002Fen\u002Fitem\u002F175922\u002Ficode\u002F\">2 billion people\u003C\u002Fa> regularly eat insects as part of their diet, and over \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.fao.org\u002Fdocrep\u002F018\u002Fi3253e\u002Fi3253e.pdf\">1,900 species\u003C\u002Fa> are edible. (According to the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnews.nationalgeographic.com\u002Fnews\u002F2013\u002F13\u002F130514-edible-insects-entomophagy-science-food-bugs-beetles\u002F\">National Geographic\u003C\u002Fa>, stinkbugs actually taste like apples.) The most commonly eaten bugs are beetles, caterpillars, bees, wasps and ants. Now, \u003Cstrong>what if we tell you that in decades to come, the foods that we know today will disappear and your choices will be reduced to bugs or artificial food?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.opinionstage.com\u002Fpolls\u002F2519454\u002Fpoll\" name=\"os_frame\" width=\"100%\" height=\"340px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\u002F>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>All-in-all, the response to our original question is most probably not whether or not artificial food will likely to have the capacity to put an end to food insecurities, but whether people are willing to accept dishes from laboratories.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Want to know more? 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