Will this custom 3-D printer and the fake steaks it's designed to produce be a breakthrough market-maker for meat substitutes?
Faux meat is generating breathless headlines these days. The days of real meat are numbered, they would have you believe - you can’t even tell this stuff isn’t meat! That is, until you dig deeper and read actual reviews. Turns out the faux meat flavors and textures range from a high end of “tasty, but not quite right” to a low end of “dreadful flavor, with a kinda-like-wet-sawdust texture.” Meat, it would appear, is still safe.
Part of the draw is their technology. While food-grade 3-D printers exist, none of them suited the company’s purposes. “Unfortunately for us, the world of food 3-D printing is very small,” Ben-Shitrit said. “Existing ones are basically single tiny extruders focused on creating shapes. We built two of our own machines, which are designed specifically for our purpose, which is meat printing. All parts of the machines are stainless steel to address food safety standards and cleanability.
Still, they’ve done some taste tests. “The product is very tasty – we’ve gotten some great feedback,” Ben-Shitrit said. “We don’t tell people it is not real meat until after they’ve tasted it, and they’re always amazed.”
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