How Mazing and Connie Lee are leveraging science to whet appetites

Connie says, “As a team, we’re trying to answer the question of how we can create tailor-made nutritious food quicker, easier and better. This has always been a challenge for food tech scientists and entrepreneurs—trying to create something more individualised for daily living. When we looked at the existing ways of cooking and preparing food, we saw a lot of people with different personal preferences or medical needs.”

The next-generation food-printing device the Elevatefoods team has built can deliver ready-to-eat baked food within a few minutes from scratch. Items include cookies or fortified bread with vitamins and supplements. It can precisely calculate different compounds needed for a person’s fibre, fat, or sugar levels.

Not only can it produce baked goods in very complex shapes, but its level of heat control can allow different levels of crispiness and texture…