3D Printing for Food industry

Combining food and 3D printing technology requires to explore a new way to select, preserve, process, package, use and consume food nutrients. This segment aims to explore each of these steps.

Purmundus Challenge: Contestants explore the potential of AM under the motto “Geometry and Material in Harmony” (Part 1)

The 2020 edition of the Purmundus Challenge reveals unrivalled ideas from creative minds that explored the potential of 3D & 4D Printing technologies. For this 2020 edition, participants from 13 countries on 5 continents...

3D Printed milk products become a reality

Additive free, multimaterial 3D printing is achieved for milk-based products without temperature control It may be too soon to purchase them in supermarkets but researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) just...

Wondering how 3D Printing could help give animals the opportunity to easily find their food? GE Additive explains how.

What’s interesting about 3D printing is that sometimes, we find applications in fields that we do not expect.  Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, a zoo that harbours about 2,000 animals, including world-famous hippo Fiona, wanted to mimic...

KFC is working on 3D Printing of Chicken Nuggets

As part of the "restaurant of the future" initiative, KFC is collaborating with the 3D Bioprinting Solutions research laboratory to develop a 3D bioprinting technology that will create chicken meat. As healthy lifestyle and nutrition are...

So, Mike Tyson is serious about 3D Printing Cannabis Beverages

Just last week, we were talking about how companies and individuals increasingly imagine alternatives to food products. More importantly, that these food alternatives require the use of 3D Printing. But when we talk about...

Three students use 3D Printing to produce fish made of plants

Legendary Vish is a start-up whose mission is to commercialise vegan alternatives to salmon and tuna. Their method? Utilizing 3D Printing to produce plant proteins and binders in structured forms. Three students are behind the...

Redefine Meat unveils its Alt-Steak Plant-Based Products created using Industrial 3D Printing

Redefine Meat’s Alt-SteakTM products begin market testing with selected high-end chefs ahead of full market availability in 2021 Redefine Meat unveils its Alt-SteakTM plant-based products, with market testing at select high-end restaurants to start later this year. Created using...

Could 3D Printed food be more safe and palatable to dysphagia sufferers?

Speech pathologist and researcher Professor Bronwyn Hemsley says “people with swallowing disorders often face the danger of choking on food, which can be fatal. So, to make food easier to eat, some people need it...

ERIKS scales up 3D Printing Capacity for OEM and MRO Industries

ERIKS, an international service partner for industrial OEM and MRO customers, currently leverages 3D printing to produce on demand. With 7,500 employees working at more than 300 locations worldwide, in 22 different industries, ERIKS sees...

A roundup of the weird and wonderful world of 3D printing in 2019

3D printing has been touted as being a manufacturing cure-all for a whole host of different applications. However, sometimes, operators are going too far in the way they see 3D printing. Dr Bryony Core, industry expert...

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