The first dishes printed from Icelandic ingredients came from a Foodini food printer at Natural Machines' headquarters in Barcelona, Spain last month. It was dr. Holly T. Petty, a consultant at Matís who worked there with the printer's producer and used salted Icelandic cod, cod halibut and cod protein in the experiment.
With the printer, she shaped, among other things, the saltfish volcano that can be seen in the attached picture. Holly leads a research group under the auspices of Matís, which is working on the project "Fish of the Future" and is funded by the Rannís Technical Research Fund.
In the coming months, the group will work on developing methods to utilize Icelandic seafood as a material for food printers, but it is predicted that it will be as common a tool in Icelanders' kitchens in the future as the microwave oven is today.
Innovative adventure ahead
She says it has been extremely exciting to see the three-dimensional food printer working in Barcelona for the first time. "It was special to follow the recipes in a realistic way in three-dimensional print form, layer by layer, but there are many variables that need to be taken into account, such as ingredients, ingredients, processing and texture. In the end, you feel as if certain results have been achieved and that there is a certain opportunity here. ”Holly says she is grateful and proud to be a food scientist and at the forefront of innovation where sustainable Icelandic ingredients are used for 3D food printing. "This is only the beginning of strengthening Icelandic seafood domestically and globally with three-dimensional food printing. I look forward to participating in the innovative adventure that lies ahead and to continuing to work with the device that has been called the microwave oven of the future. "
She says the food printer opens up various new possibilities in cooking and enables consumers to take healthy foods such as fish and mix it with other healthy products such as vegetables and create exciting foods that they would not otherwise have access to. "Instead of just boiling the cod, for example, you can shape the raw material in the printer so that it looks like a volcano and put sauce in the crater, which is perhaps something that appeals more to modern consumers than just the piece of fish on the plate. In fact, this is the same raw material, but the service is different, "says Holly.
The food printer will be shown at the World Seafood Congress 2017 which will take place in Harpa from the 11th to the 13th. September next.