With 3D printed 'steaks', Spanish startup eyes the mass market

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As demand for plant-based products rises, Spanish startup Novameat is using 3D technology that replicates the muscle fibers of animal meat, using 100% plant-based ingredients

BARCELONA, June 29 - As demand for plant-based alternatives to meat rises, Barcelona-based startup Novameat is using its 3D printing technology to manufacture vegetarian "steaks" that it hopes will reach the mass market next year.

The Spanish company, which developed its technology in 2018, was showing how its latest 3D printer produced food at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress . A woman cooks a piece of meat that was printed with a 3D printer by Novameat during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Once a model is considered successful, it could then be produced on a larger scale in bigger machines not using 3D technology, manufacturing up to 500 kg of fake meat per hour, he added.

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Amazing. Let's throw a number of fossil-fuel intensive processed refined food in the market, imperil ecology that will in turn kill more life, harm human and planetary health. Bravo.

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