Scientists create world's first 3D-PRINTED cheesecake in just 30 minutes trends now
It could spell the end of hours in the kitchen - a 3D-printed cheesecake that takes just 30 minutes to create.
Engineers at Columbia University unveiled this world's first Tuesday, made by the technology meticulously layering seven edible inks to form a triangular shape.
The foundation ingredient is graham crackers and the layers consist of peanut butter, Nutella, cherry drizzle, banana puree, strawberry jelly and whipped cream.
The team has not shared how the cheesecake tastes, only that it is vegan, but notes the experiment is to demonstrate how 3D printing will upheave the food assembly industry.
The authors note that the precision printing of multi-layered food items could produce more customizable foods, improve food safety and enable users to control the nutrient content of meals more easily - and in less time.
Engineers have cut the time of making a cheesecake down by hours. The team 3D-printed a vegan version of the popular dessert in just 30 minutes
Lead author Jonathan Blutinger said in a statement: 'Because 3D food printing is still a nascent technology, it needs an ecosystem of supporting industries such as food cartridge manufacturers, downloadable recipe files, and an environment in which to create and share these recipes.
'Its customizability makes it particularly practical for the plant-based meat market, where texture and flavor need to be carefully formulated to mimic real meats.'
The team retrofitted an off-the-shelf 3D printer that used the ingredients as it would ink and the laser toasted the graham cracker paste for a more crust-like texture.
The printer's head features a small syringe tip that grabs the specific ingredients depending on what was programmed in its software.
Engineers designed the dessert on a computer, pushed a
