Food engineer Roberto Lemus shows a portion of food before putting it into a 3D printer.
SANTIAGO: Some dehydrated “cochayuyo” seaweed, some instant mashed potatoes and hot water: these are the ingredients for a nutritious menu of 3D-printed food that nutritional experts in Chile hope will revolutionise the food market, particularly for children.
With a 3D food printer and a modern twist on the traditional use of cochayuyo, an algae typically found in Chile, New Zealand and the South Atlantic, Roberto Lemus, a professor at the University of Chile and several students, have managed to create nutritious and edible figures that they hope children will love to eat.
Pokemon figures, or any type of animal imaginable, are all fed into…
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