The texture of beef can be reproduced using a 3D printer. — AFP Relaxnews
Hot on the heels of the American startup Impossible Foods, which unveiled a range of meat-free pork products in Las Vegas last week, a Spanish company has presented a new technique to create meat-free steak using a 3D printer. According to a report in The Guardian, consumers in Spain and Italy should have an opportunity to sample this technological marvel as early as this year.
Imitating the taste of beef is quite a feat, reproducing the texture of steak is even more difficult, but it may well be a necessary step in the drive to convince consumers that vegetable meat, which could help preserve the planet, is every bit as good as traditional animal protein. Spanish company Novameat believes it has succeeded in reproducing the texture and tenderness of beef muscle in a steak made of 3D-printed beetroot juice, algae and pea fibers.
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