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3D Food Printing May Provide Way To Feed The World

Global Food Tech Industry Expected To Reach $250 Billion By 2022.

 

The 3D food printing market is projected to reach $525.6 million by 2023 according to Research and Markets. Now that is far from the billion-dollar opportunities for the larger food technology sector that I wrote about yesterday: Global Food Tech Industry Expected To Reach $250 Billion By 2022. However, it is still a healthy market segment given the relatively recent introduction of people and companies modifying 3D printers to print with food materials.

I am on a bit of a food tech path this month, but I had to write about 3D food printing given all of my work in the industry. As most readers here know, I frequently have 3D printers come through my workshop on loan for testing and evaluation work and I report on that here when possible. While I have not tested any food grade 3D printers yet, I have the newest Ultimaker S5ready to unbox and am in talks to take a deep dive on the latest cool FabPro 1000 SLA 3D printer from 3D Systems. However, I do not think they would be happy if I tried any modifications with spinach or chocolate or any food, for that matter.

There is a wide range of needs and interest in food 3D printing. The Research and Markets executive summary highlights how “the global 3D food printing market is strongly motivated by the increasing demand for customized food products with nutrient content tailored for individual dietary needs. Depending on the food fabrication technique, several 3D printing technologies have been applied in this field to meet the demand for food design and materials processing. The major types of technologies incorporated for 3D printing of food are fused deposition modeling (FDM), selective sintering, binder jetting, and ink-jet printing.”

And there are a whole host of problems or challenges that this industry niche faces from materials printability to, well, finding ready-to-print materials, to begin with.

One of the biggest uses that I have read about revolve around serving the elderly while they are in a hospital or rehabilitation-type facility. There are experimental projects for 3D printing food in space.

Commercial uses are the largest end-user segment testing 3D food printing devices for bakeries, high-end restaurants, and retail stores. Check out these interesting companies mentioned in greater depth in the Research and Markets report: Global $525 Million 3D Food Printing Market Analysis & Forecast 2018-2023.

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