I expect that synthetic cheese based on actual casein (but made with bacteria etc. instead of mammals) will be fully market-ready and relatively affordable long before we get relatively affordable synthetic meat (the kind that’s the based on cow/pig/etc. cells). It’s mostly a homogenous mass, after all, which is a much smaller issue than getting the texture of steak right. IDK how affordable ‘relatively affordable’ is going to be, though.
I expect that synthetic cheese based on actual casein (but made with bacteria etc. instead of mammals) will be fully market-ready and relatively affordable long before we get relatively affordable synthetic meat (the kind that’s the based on cow/pig/etc. cells). It’s mostly a homogenous mass, after all, which is a much smaller issue than getting the texture of steak right. IDK how affordable ‘relatively affordable’ is going to be, though.