THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Pink rice serves up alternative to carbon-intensive meat 

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The rice is pastel pink. It has a nutty, umami aroma. A slightly brittle texture. But, most surprising of all, each grain contains beef cells. It is a hybrid rice, laced with muscle and fat cells and nurtured in a petri dish to create something novel: part cow, part grain.