Finland is the first in Europe to start printing meat on a 3D printer

Finnish company Meeat Food Tech announced the start of the production of plant-based MEAT using prototyping technology, according to Yle. In fact, the Finns will be the first in Northern Europe to start printing products on a 3D printer that creates objects from a digital model.

For the production of products, the equipment and technology of the Israeli company Redefine Meat will be used. The world's first printed steak was created in Israel in the summer of 2020. it is known that the technology allows printing no more than 6 kg of meat per hour. At the same time, soy or pea protein, coconut fat, sunflower oil, natural dyes and flavors are used to create meat.
“It is a 3D printer that allows you to give products the look and texture of meat,” explains Meeat Food Tech Executive DIRECTOR Mikko Carell. “The printer creates fibers, elasticity - in a word, everything that we expect when biting off a piece of meat. We are as close as possible to the organoleptic indicators of meat and to its consistency.
The printer allows you to visually and tastefully recreate any type of meat from tenderloin to minced meat, it can be pork, beef, and lamb. As long as production volumes are low, the price of printing meat products will be high. "However, this will change as we increase production," says Carell.
The first samples of 3D meat will appear in Finnish restaurants (names have not yet been disclosed), and by next spring - in stores in the country.