Scientists in South Korea are working on new ways of eating. It’s, of course, about creating food in 3D printers. According to Jin-Kyu Rhee, the goal is to create customizable portions of food that will be controlled even at particle level with 3D printing.
South Korean researchers want to revolutionize food printing
Researchers from South Korea are thinking about new ways to print food. One of these is the creation of food from a particular powder, the structure of which would be controlled at the molecular level. This would ensure that the food received from such a printer would be explicitly tailored to the needs of the individual.
Scientists report that they have created a 3D printing platform that creates microstructures that allow food to be modified to meet the needs of specific people. According to researchers, one-day people will have cartridges containing a powder of data, the most needed ingredients, which will then be printed and served as food.
Food from the printer is created very similar to standard models in FDM (fused deposition modeling) printers. Layer by layer, successive portions of the model is applied. However, the food is first sprayed at a shallow temperature (-100 degrees Celsius) and then reconstructed in the printer. Researchers report that this technology is at an early stage of development, but it may soon change the image of printed food in 3D.