In what way does the ‘printing’ aspect add any value to the food in terms of availability or value? It’s just a way to make complicated shapes, it changes nothing about the feedstock itself.
Well, a nice juicy steak is usually much less apetizing if you pass it through a blender first. Texture, shape and color can add value by making people happier (or at least less miserable). That should work the other way too, a nutritionally excelent but disgusting sludge might be turned into something more palatable.
Now, making funny-shaped biscuits won’t end world hunger this week, but it’s a step.
In what way does the ‘printing’ aspect add any value to the food in terms of availability or value? It’s just a way to make complicated shapes, it changes nothing about the feedstock itself.
Well, a nice juicy steak is usually much less apetizing if you pass it through a blender first. Texture, shape and color can add value by making people happier (or at least less miserable). That should work the other way too, a nutritionally excelent but disgusting sludge might be turned into something more palatable.
Now, making funny-shaped biscuits won’t end world hunger this week, but it’s a step.