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NTU serving up new undergrad course on meat alternatives
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Last December, Singapore became the first country to approve the sale of a cultured meat product - chicken bites by Californian firm Eat Just.
PHOTO: EAT JUST
SINGAPORE - The Republic is beefing up its expertise in the novel food sector, with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) rolling out a new undergraduate course that will focus on meat alternatives, The Straits Times has learnt.
About 30 students from the university's food science and technology programme are expected to enrol in the course, Future Foods - Introduction to Advanced Meat Alternatives, when the academic year opens in August.
