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"  While some are excited about the return of Easter candies or the new Doritos shell at Taco Bell, others are anticipating the arrival of the world&amp;#039;s first test-tube burger, which is now predicted to be cooked up this fall for the low, low, price of $330,000. More From Delish: McDonald&amp;#039;s and Others Will No Longer Use &amp;quot;Pink Slime&amp;quot; in Burger Recipes We reported last year that scientists at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands were trying to figure out how to produce meat in a laboratory in order to solve world hunger. But, they needed a burger buyer with deep pockets to support their project. It seems an anonymous backer has coughed up $330,000, allowing researchers to proceed with their first sample, which is believed to be ready in a few months. What exactly is this in-vitro beef? According to Reuters, cultured meat is a real animal flesh product, just one that has never been part of a complete, living animal \u2014 quite different from imitation meat or meat substitutes aimed at vegetarians and made from vegetable proteins like soy. However, Mark Post, a vascular biologist on the research team who developed the lab-grown meat, is confident he will create something in his laboratory that will rival the real thing. More From Delish: 10 Blow-Your-Mind Burger Recipes In addition to making it tastier, Post hopes to make meat that is actually better for you. &amp;quot;The idea is that since we are now producing it in the lab, we can play with all these variables and we can eventually hopefully turn it in a way that produces healthier meat,&amp;quot; he said. Burger number two will only cost roughly $263,000 now that the first batch of beef has already been covered. If you had the money, would you spend a quarter of a million dollars on meat made in a lab? Would you eat it? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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