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Japanese scientists have found a way to create artificial meat from sewage containing human feces. Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population boom equals food shortage. Solution? Synthesize food from human waste matter. Absurd yes, but Japanese scientists have actually discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces.

Mitsuyuki Ikeda, researcher at Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage, and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of protein because of all the bacteria.

The researchers extracted those proteins, combined them with a reaction enhancer, and put it in an exploder which created the artificial steak. The "meat" is 63% proteins, 25% carbohydrates, 3% lipids, and 9% minerals. The researchers apply red food coloring and enhance the flavor with soy protein. Initial tests have people saying it even tastes like beef.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/japanese-scientists-creates-meat-out-of-feces/