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Samantha Baldwin: Food by Design Co-leader on producing fruit in a lab

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 8:33 p.m.

Canterbury scientists say they're getting closer to growing fruit without a tree, vine, or bush.\xa0

The Food by Design research team is 18-months into a five year programme, aiming to produce fruit from cells.\xa0

Co-leader Samantha Baldwin told Mike Hosking that at the moment they're working on growing cell clusters and then fruit tissue.\xa0

She said the goal is to produce a product which provides the same eating experience as a fruit, but without the pips or cores.\xa0

Baldwin added that lab grown fruit could be a solution to urban population growth.\xa0

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