Lab-grown milk is no longer science fiction. The launch of Brown Foods’ UnReal Milk signals a new competitor for cow-derived milk. MIT-validated and launching by 2026, Brown Foods’ “UnReal Milk” contains all eight key dairy proteins while using 82 percent less carbon, 90 percent less water, and 95 percent less land. Scaling from the proof of concept lab to be commercially and economically viable will take time. Consumer-acceptance and adoption remains to be seen. Proactive dairy producers have time to find alternate strategies as UnMilk production is scaled.
Source: The Bullvine, March 4, 2025. Link. Recording [17:39]
. . . while your grandfather competed with the dairy farm down the road, your children may compete with bioreactors that can produce milk proteins more efficiently than any cow.”