It is cooked like a regular piece of chicken, except no animals were killed in the process.

Instead, it was made from stem cells taken from a live chicken and cultured in a lab could lab grown meat be the food of the future.

Scientists start by collecting cells from the chickens.

In a biopsy like procedure, these cells, called progenitor cells, can become any type of cell found in meat, including muscle cells and fat cells.

The cells are placed in a nutrient rich broth for 2 to 3 weeks until they grow into a piece of meat that is ready to be cooked.