Published: 27 November 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
AN ISRAELI STARTUP hopes to disrupt the vegan food market by developing 3D printing technology that will be able to produce meat substitutes using plant-based formulations, saying the final product very closely resembles the experience of consuming natural meat. Its founder says it has “replicated… the complex matrix that is meat.”
Jet Eat, which was established in early 2018 by Eshchar Ben Shitrit, aims for its products to hit the markets by 2020.
Ben Shitrit, according to the Israeli tech blog NoCamels, was an avid meat consumer before he set his mind on a substitute using natural, healthy ingredients, without compromising on flavour or consistency.
“Meat is characterised by four components: the muscle, the fat within it, myoglobin and a connective tissue” Shitrit explained. “We replicated, with our 3D printer and precise formulations, the complex matrix that is meat.
“Nowadays, digital printing is being utilised in areas ranging from organs to dentistry and I believe that, in an increasingly digitalised world, it can be applied to food as well.”
FULL STORY 3D-printed vegan steak and fries? Israeli startup says it has replicated meat (Times of Israel)
Photo: Ribeye steaks with thyme-garlic butter in New York (Sarah Crowder/AP)
