As a thinking experiment, let us consider that on the 1st of January of 2025 it is announced that an advance making possible growing any kind of animal tissue in laboratory conditions as been achieved and that it is possible to scale it in order to achieve industrial grade production level.
There is no limit on which animal tissues can be grown, so, any species is achieveable, only being needed a small cell sample from an animal to start production, and the cultivated tissues are safe for consumption.
There won’t be any perceiveable price change to the end consummer, as the growing is a complex and labour intensive process, requiring specialized equipments and personnel.
Would you change to this new diet option?
Kind of depends on if it’s good, tbh.
If it’s just mediocre, I might try and work it in some meals where I’d use lower quality meat (e.g. sauces, sausage, burgers, etc). Then I’d just get a good real steak from a local ranch a few times a year to scratch that itch.
If the difference is not really perceivable or better, then hell yeah. Easy choice. I might even venture into other meats that I wouldn’t eat otherwise like lamb, dog, horse, or even human.