Meanings
plural clean meats
- countableuncountableSynonym of cultured meat.
In many ways, clean meat is aimed at the least common denominator: meat for the 98 percent of the population that focuses its food choices almost exclusively on price, taste, and convenience.
2018, Kathy Freston, Bruce Friedrich, Clean Protein, Hachette UK, →ISBN1 more example
There is no campaign against clean meat. The few individual voices I've found who are prepared to criticize it are overwhelmingly drowned out by the chorus of positive messages sent out by the clean meat industry.
2020, Jenny Kleeman, Sex Robots & Vegan Meat, Pan Macmillan, →ISBNSynonyms: cultured meat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of cultured meat.
Origin
Coined by The Good Food Institute in 2016, modeled after clean power, clean eating etc.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
clean meat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clean%20meat
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