Have your cake and print it: the 3D culinary revolution is coming
It was perhaps no surprise, when researchers set out to push the boundaries of 3D printing, that their attempts to produce cheesecakes were not immediately successful.
The first try started out pretty well, but as the printer built the dessert, ejecting one layer and then the next, the creation started to crumble. collapse before quietly collapsing into a gloopy heap.
Despite the first setback, detailed in a research report on Tuesday, Columbia University engineers continued and quickly spun the printer out of recognizable, if not utterly irresistible, puddings. ="model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement" class="dcr-173mewl">
The aim of the project was to demonstrate that 3D printing - a technology more used for models and machine parts - had the potential to revolutionize cooking, turning canisters of edible paste and powder into edible, and perhaps one day even mouth-watering meals.
" Cheesecake is the best thing we can showcase right now, but the printer can do so much more," said Jonathan Blutinger, an engineer at Columbia's Creative Machines Lab in New York. "We can print chicken, beef, vegetables and cheese. Anything that can be made into a paste, liquid, or powder."
A chicken paste roast might not appeal to gourmets and food lovers. the art of cooking, Blutinger believes printed food is on the way, a natural consequence of software meeting the world. e archaic and analog of stoves, steamers and frying pans.
“I think it's inevitable. Once software hits an industry, we don't look back. It propels it forward in ways we never thought possible. It hasn't really happened for food yet,” he said.
“The vision is to have a food printer mixed with a laser cooker which can be a one-stop shop. store kind of kitchen appliances. It's your own personal digital chef."
Writing in the journal npj Science of Food, researchers describe a 3D printer capable of building edibles from seven ingredients For the cheesecake, which took 30 minutes to squirt, that meant cookie dough, peanut butter, strawberry jam, Nutella, mashed banana, a drizzle of cherry, and frosting. The printer is armed with a blue laser to bake layers onto the hoof if needed.
After five failed attempts to print the dessert, researchers found the correct shape and the right thickness for the different layers to prevent the cake from falling apart. In the name of research, even failures were tasted. "It definitely tasted like something I had never tried before", Blutinger said "I kind of enjoyed it, but it's not a conventional mix I. We are not Michelin chefs."
It was perhaps no surprise, when researchers set out to push the boundaries of 3D printing, that their attempts to produce cheesecakes were not immediately successful.
The first try started out pretty well, but as the printer built the dessert, ejecting one layer and then the next, the creation started to crumble. collapse before quietly collapsing into a gloopy heap.
Despite the first setback, detailed in a research report on Tuesday, Columbia University engineers continued and quickly spun the printer out of recognizable, if not utterly irresistible, puddings. ="model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement" class="dcr-173mewl">
The aim of the project was to demonstrate that 3D printing - a technology more used for models and machine parts - had the potential to revolutionize cooking, turning canisters of edible paste and powder into edible, and perhaps one day even mouth-watering meals.
" Cheesecake is the best thing we can showcase right now, but the printer can do so much more," said Jonathan Blutinger, an engineer at Columbia's Creative Machines Lab in New York. "We can print chicken, beef, vegetables and cheese. Anything that can be made into a paste, liquid, or powder."
A chicken paste roast might not appeal to gourmets and food lovers. the art of cooking, Blutinger believes printed food is on the way, a natural consequence of software meeting the world. e archaic and analog of stoves, steamers and frying pans.
“I think it's inevitable. Once software hits an industry, we don't look back. It propels it forward in ways we never thought possible. It hasn't really happened for food yet,” he said.
“The vision is to have a food printer mixed with a laser cooker which can be a one-stop shop. store kind of kitchen appliances. It's your own personal digital chef."
Writing in the journal npj Science of Food, researchers describe a 3D printer capable of building edibles from seven ingredients For the cheesecake, which took 30 minutes to squirt, that meant cookie dough, peanut butter, strawberry jam, Nutella, mashed banana, a drizzle of cherry, and frosting. The printer is armed with a blue laser to bake layers onto the hoof if needed.
After five failed attempts to print the dessert, researchers found the correct shape and the right thickness for the different layers to prevent the cake from falling apart. In the name of research, even failures were tasted. "It definitely tasted like something I had never tried before", Blutinger said "I kind of enjoyed it, but it's not a conventional mix I. We are not Michelin chefs."
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