XCR1250 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 With 3D printed 'steaks', Spanish startup eyes the mass market Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona Luis Felipe Castilleja Tue, June 29, 2021, 9:54 AM By Luis Felipe Castilleja BARCELONA (Reuters) - 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. Novameat plans to sell its "steaks" directly to consumers and to businesses such as restaurants interested in producing plant-based meat, business development manager Alexandre Campos told Reuters on Tuesday. The Spanish company, which developed its technology in 2018, was showing how its latest 3D printer produced food at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress (MWC). "It didn't have the feeling of a traditional steak but I was positively surprised because I did not expect that the texture would be so well achieved," said Ferran Gregori, after trying one of the "steaks" printed at Novameat's stand at the world's largest telecoms gathering. The company uses 3D technology to test recipes, introducing ingredients through capsules because it is a cheaper process than mass-producing, Campos said. 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. Campos said the startup's aim had been to recreate the muscle fibres of animal meat but using 100% plant-based ingredients. He forecast the plant-based industry would keep growing at double-digit rates in the foreseeable future. The company also said it was producing the fake meat for environmental reasons. "(We seek to) replace animal meat for something that is better for the planet, ourselves and animals," Campos said. (Reporting by Luis Felipe Castilleja, writing by Joan Faus, editing by Robin Emmott and Mike Collett-White) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Burger King’s Whopper, compare it to the meatless Impossible Whopper. The all-beef burger only has 30 more calories than the meat alternative, one more gram of saturated fat and 270 mg less sodium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Ez ryder said: Burger King’s Whopper, compare it to the meatless Impossible Whopper. The all-beef burger only has 30 more calories than the meat alternative, one more gram of saturated fat and 270 mg less sodium. and the impossible whopper tastes like shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 14 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: and the impossible whopper tastes like shit Would not know lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Crappie Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Ez ryder said: Burger King’s Whopper, compare it to the meatless Impossible Whopper. The all-beef burger only has 30 more calories than the meat alternative, one more gram of saturated fat and 270 mg less sodium. True, but plants fart oxygen goodness, not methane.......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Crappie Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 40 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: and the impossible whopper tastes like shit How would you know unless.............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member poopooforme Posted June 30, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted June 30, 2021 Well between the fake meat and the covid vasssssine they just might get to the population levels they're after.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 49 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: and the impossible whopper tastes like shit Haven't been in a Burger King in years, nearest one is over 60 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 44 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: Haven't been in a Burger King in years, nearest one is over 60 miles away. We haven't been to a fast food chain in many years. About 10 years ago moving my son to the city for college I ate a Burger King baconator,,,,fucking near shit myself before we got to his apartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 We hate corporations, big ag, GMO's, etc. But we'll gladly eat this chopped up conglomeration of processed shit we can't pronounce and tell you how great it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted June 30, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Big Crappie said: True, but plants fart oxygen goodness, not methane.......................... From what I have read some prossed Plat meat is enviernmently worse than the real thing . But then you have to buy in the the global warming scam to give a fuck and I don't bring on the steaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, XCR1250 said: Haven't been in a Burger King in years, nearest one is over 60 miles away. And prob closed by now. They are dropping like Flys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big Crappie Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 49 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said: LOL, "they call it the impossible whopper because shit sandwich was already taken." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Ez ryder said: And prob closed by now. They are dropping like Flys. It's still open, Rice Lake Wi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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