Janet Tomiyama finds a third of meat eaters and half of vegetarians disgusted by lab-grown meat | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
January 23, 2023
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: Reuters

UCLA Expert: Janet Tomiyama: Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology

Synopsis: Once the stuff of science fiction, lab-grown meat could become reality in some restaurants in the United States as early as this year.

UCLA News: A lot of people are grossed out by cultivated meat. In a 2022 study, UCLA’s Janet Tomiyama found that 35% of meat eaters and 55% of vegetarians would be too disgusted to try cultivated meat. Some people may perceive the meat to be “unnatural” and have a negative attitude about it before even trying it, she said.