Thoughts on the future of 3D food printing?

I'm currently doing my thesis project on assessing consumer perceptions of 3D printed foods. How do you think of 3D food printing and what do you think the fut…

1. Food R&D Emeritus reply

   For me 3D printed food are limited in possibility as food texture is not as flexible as synthetic polymers ...Consumers might love the novelty of such type of fabricated food , bu…

2. Food & Material Scientist reply

   @xiaoqin I see this as an ongoing hype about 3D printed foods. Practically how far can this go is still doubtful. The food item or the ingredient mashability is important so that…

3. xiaoqin reply

   Thanks for your discussion! As much as I'm fascinated in my research, I very much agree with two of you that 3D food printing is still not a down to earth way of food production.…