3D printing moves from the factory to the food on your dinner table

Credit: Amir Cohen/Reuters
Credit: Amir Cohen/Reuters

There are already several meat substitutes options available โ€“ some are already on sale at fast-food chains โ€“ but, no offense, while good, they arenโ€™t great.ย 

This is where 3D printing tech comes in.ย 

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Animal flesh is layered with texture. Thereโ€™s fat between muscles and subtle differences in every bite. The concept of 3D printed meat understands this and recreates itโ€ฆ layer by layer, with the help of AI.

Among the farthest along in the 3D printed โ€œalternative meatโ€ business is the Israeli start-up Redefine Meat. Theyโ€™ve got kebabs, sausages, steak, ground beef, and moreโ€ฆ all made from plant-based ingredients, of course.ย 

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On an early โ€œtest driveโ€ in Israel, people were simply invited to try a โ€œnew meat.โ€ Afterward, the test subjects were told it was plant-based and were asked to score this โ€œnew meatโ€ for โ€˜meatiness.โ€™ โ€“It reportedly scored a remarkable over 90 percent.

Redefine Meat has a tagline for its products โ€“ โ€œa whole different animal.โ€ Already available at select restaurants in Israel, โ€œalt-meatโ€ will soon be on a table near you, and we shall see if that 90+ percent rating holds.ย 

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