Personalized, digitally designed 3D printed food towards the reshaping of food manufacturing and consumption
Antonio Derossi, Charles Spence, Maria G. Corradini, Mario Jekle, Ahmed Raouf Fahmy, Rossella Caporizzi, Sakamon Devahastin, J.A. Moses, Alain Le‐Bail, Weibiao Zhou, Min Zhang, Bhesh Bhandari, C. Severini
Abstract
The emerging world of 3D food printing is reviewed. Its role in food manufacturing, including benefits and impacts, underemphasized gastrophysical aspects, and limitations are discussed. Foods can be digitally designed and physically prepared using the layer-by-layer deposition of food components, unleashing opportunities to deliver nutritionally personalized food and new food-human interactions. Existing bottlenecks, under-researched gastropsychophysical aspects, and the lack of harmonized standards hindering its use for mass production are mentioned.