A 3D food printing not only is it reality, but it has also become competition in 16th edition of Campus Party Brasil.
O Printer Chef, the first 3D cooking competition in Brazil, requires participants to use 3D printed food to compose the final dish, which will be evaluated by judges. This Wednesday’s print (10) was made using potato — a dough printed into thin squares that was then fried to make potato chips.
A CNN also tried the dulce de leche mixture printed on a cookie. Without lactose, the taste was identical to traditional dulce de leche.
Check out how dulce de leche is printed:
Among the advantages of 3D food would be the possibility of producing foods based on isolated proteins, that is, foods with personalized nutritional content for those who are going to eat.
This would make it possible to print a plant-based food that has the same proteins found in meat, for example, a technique already used by some brands of vegan products.
“The machine itself works like a normal 3D printer, but instead of the plastic filament that is printed, it has an adaptation in the nozzle to print the food. It’s a mass that goes into a syringe and the printer squeezes it to make it come out”, explained Pedro Brocaldi, leader of the technology brand in the marketing area at Ebac (British School of Creative Arts and Technology), a partner company of Printer Chef.
According to Brocaldi, this dough is made as if it were a “manipulation medicine”, that is, it is possible to choose which nutrients and proteins will be added to the printed food, which would help people who are deficient in some nutrient or who need to follow very specific diets.
Furthermore, printing also allows for a multitude of different shapes and textures for food.
“For example, a child who has difficulty eating broccoli, but loves chocolate. If you print broccoli that tastes like chocolate it’s easier,” he added.
Printer Chef at CPBR16
Two Printer Chef selections take place between the 10th and 11th of CCPBR16 to define the trio that will compete in the regional final on July 12th.
The champion of this selection will compete in the very final of the competition with the winners of the Brasília and Amazônia editions on July 13th.
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