Innovation of the week

A 3D-printing company is going beyond Beyond Meat, said Catherine Lamb in TheSpoon .tech. Redefine Meat, an Israeli company, is developing the technology to use a 3D printer to produce plant-based meat that can “accurately replicate the appearance and texture of the real thing.” The machines uses “relatively simple ingredients: three plant protein sources, fat, and water.” But instead of extrusion or pressing—methods popularized by alternative-meat companies like Beyond Meat or Impossible Burger—this company “uses 3D printing to give their products a more realistic texture and mouthfeel.” The company plans to sell its $100,000 machine and “shelf-stable plant protein ingredient packs” to consumer faux-meat companies, “who can then print their own products to distribute to retail and restaurants.”