Consuming lab grown and plant based meat

Q: What is the ruling on the consumption of: 

a) Lab grown meat (chicken, beef etc.) 
b) Plant-based meat 
c) Plant-based meat with flavours different meats/flesh (a plant-based company named Oumph! developed a burger that tastes like human flesh)

A: 

a - b. If there is no haraam or impure ingredient used then it is halaal. 

c. It is best to avoid things that are unnatural, for eventually these things create wrong tendencies within you.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)