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August 4, 2017 - inconnu - Researchers believed 3D printing food could help the worlds obesity problem – by making healthy eating options easier for children to accept.One of the main benefits of 3D printing is the ability to create any shape. A team fro Italy’s University of Foggia used a range of vegetables, including cauliflower, fish and mushrooms, to create shapes to tempt the fussiest child eaters.Professor Carla Severini, and her team believe vegetables would go down easier if they were in the shape , for example, of an octopus or star.To test this theory, the researchers blended white beans, mushrooms, milk and banana and then 3D printed the mixture.The 3D printed result was an octopus shaped snack with a whole host of nutrients.Prof Severini believes the results say a lot already, but she has more ideas for the future of 3D printed food.She is also investigating printed snacks based on insects, which are very rich in terms of protein but rejected as food by western people. The main benefit of disguising vegetables as fun snacks is to better provide children with nutrients in an acceptable form.The hope that this will help reduce obesity. The results of her research have been published in the Journal of Food Engineering.She said the food had not yet been tried on children because of government red-tape.She explained:” Experiments with people and children in particular need the authorization of Authorities.“However we have planned to do it with the collaboration of researchers of faculty of medicine.”She said the 3D shaped vegetables could be consumed raw, but the conditions of printing are not controlled yet so the food needs to be cooked.She added:” The vegetables used have been carrots, broccoli , rape seed leaves, pears, kiwi fruit and avocado.“The blend should be balanced from a nutritional point of view and with a correct viscosity to become printable.“The formula could change following the needs of cons

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August 4, 2017 - inconnu - Researchers believed 3D printing food could help the worlds obesity problem – by making healthy eating options easier for children to accept.One of the main benefits of 3D printing is the ability to create any shape. A team fro Italy’s University of Foggia used a range of vegetables, including cauliflower, fish and mushrooms, to create shapes to tempt the fussiest child eaters.Professor Carla Severini, and her team believe vegetables would go down easier if they were in the shape , for example, of an octopus or star.To test this theory, the researchers blended white beans, mushrooms, milk and banana and then 3D printed the mixture.The 3D printed result was an octopus shaped snack with a whole host of nutrients.Prof Severini believes the results say a lot already, but she has more ideas for the future of 3D printed food.She is also investigating printed snacks based on insects, which are very rich in terms of protein but rejected as food by western people. The main benefit of disguising vegetables as fun snacks is to better provide children with nutrients in an acceptable form.The hope that this will help reduce obesity. The results of her research have been published in the Journal of Food Engineering.She said the food had not yet been tried on children because of government red-tape.She explained:” Experiments with people and children in particular need the authorization of Authorities.“However we have planned to do it with the collaboration of researchers of faculty of medicine.”She said the 3D shaped vegetables could be consumed raw, but the conditions of printing are not controlled yet so the food needs to be cooked.She added:” The vegetables used have been carrots, broccoli , rape seed leaves, pears, kiwi fruit and avocado.“The blend should be balanced from a nutritional point of view and with a correct viscosity to become printable.“The formula could change following the needs of cons