Islamic scholars consulted by a leading producer of cultivated meat say that the newfangled protein — which is grown from animal cells and doesn’t require animals to be slaughtered — can be halal, or permissible under Muslim law.

And the Jewish Orthodox Union this month certified a strain of lab-grown chicken as kosher for the first time, “marking a significant step forward for the food technology’s acceptance under Jewish dietary law,” as the Times of Israel put it.

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    There isn’t really a central authority for deciding if it’s vegetarian or not though.

    Technically is not an animal product so I guess it is vegetarian but also at the same time it’s still meat so it isn’t.

    I guess it depends on what your objection to meat is. If your objection is based on animal cruelty then I guess it’s probably vegetarian but if your objection is based on dietary restrictions (religious or otherwise) then obviously it’s not.

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      Hello, it is I the pope of vegetables. On behalf of the interests of all plants I do ordain this diet

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      The vegans I know seem to be split on the issue. Most of them agree that it’s technically vegan, but about half of them worry that they have been plant based so long that it still might wreck their digestive systems.

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      I think vegans are completely against any meat because they think it’s unhealthy, and vegetarians think it’s immoral.

      I just think it’s tasty.

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        Vegans are the ones that think it’s immoral. It’s like the joke goes, how can you tell if someone is vegan, because they will tell you.

        Vegetarian is just a dietary preference.

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        Vegans have more to do with morals than vegetarians. Vegans may refrain from using animal based products like leather, which can be completely unrelated to health. A vegetarian diet is just that, a diet without meat. Can be for health or moral reasons, unspecified.

        Many things are tasty, many of which don’t have the detrimental implications of animal products, especially meat.