{"id":20731,"date":"2023-02-14T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=20731"},"modified":"2023-01-27T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:15:24","slug":"3d-printed-alternative-meat-by-redefine-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2023\/02\/14\/3d-printed-alternative-meat-by-redefine-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"3D-Printed Alternative Meat by Redefine Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<\/p>\n

Israeli startup Redefine Meat<\/a> creates meat substitutes (alternative meat or alt-meat) from plant-based ingredients using a version of 3D-printing it calls additive manufacturing<\/em>. According to the website, their products are \u201c…plant-based, made with non-GMO ingredients, and do not contain any animal-based ingredients or by-products.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is additive manufacturing in alt-meat production?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Redefine Meat offers this explanation of additive manufacturing on its FAQ page<\/a>: \u201cAdditive Manufacturing\/3D printing…is precise, flexible, and can eliminate supply chain inefficiencies…3D printing…enables the production of exact formations that can duplicate the muscle and fat structures found in…whole-muscle cuts…3D printing also offers flexibility, facilitating the printing of different shapes, sizes, or combinations of \u201cfat\u201d and \u201cmuscle\u201d without having to retool or reset the machines.\u201d<\/p>\n

More details on the technology behind additive manufacturing appear in a Vegconomist article<\/a> by Daniel Dikovsky, Head of Innovation and Technology at Redefine Meat. In that article, Dikovsky describes how 3D printing is used to replicate slaughtered animal tissue.<\/p>\n

In a process known as multi-material food printing<\/em>, \u201c…designed especially for alt-meat, the Redefine Meat 3D printer lays down blood, fat, and protein simultaneously at a voxel-level according to the digital structure mimicking that of animal meat. Furthermore, these ingredients can also be precisely combined on-the-fly during the printing process itself to create entirely new digital materials designed to replicate a specific animal composite…Using the same 3D printer, companies can print different meat types…and different meat cuts…by simply changing the digital file.\u201d<\/p>\n

Redefine Meat alt-meat products<\/strong><\/p>\n

An October 2022 article in Food Navigator<\/a> reports that Redefine Meat offers meat analogs of beef and lamb flank cuts, ground beef, sausages, burgers, lamb kababs, and pulled meat. They are currently available in the foodservice sector in select countries including UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, France, and Israel.<\/p>\n

A website FAQ<\/a> states that Redefine Meat products \u201c…are certified Kosher Pareve (non-dairy) by the relevant authorities, according to where each product is manufactured. For details on each Kosher certificate, please consult each package.\u201d In another FAQ about Halal certification, the Company says their products are not certified Halal but \u201cthey meet the criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ingredients in Redefine Meat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on the ingredient statements listed on their website, Redefine Meat products contain various combinations of all or most of the following primary ingredients:<\/p>\n