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Meat Madness: Americans Expected To Eat Record Amounts Of Protein In 2018
When two big meat companies – Tyson and Cargill – recently invested in a lab-grown protein start-up, some said Americans’ love affair with meat had cooled. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. The U-S is expected to eat a record amount of red meat and poultry this year.