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Italian Bioengineer Develops 3D-Printed Vegan Steak From Plant-Based Proteins (dezeen.com)
Italian bioengineer Giuseppe Scionti from Spanish startup Novameat has invented the "world's first" 3D-printed meat-free steak made from vegetable proteins, which mimics the texture of beef. From a report: Vegan ingredients such as rice, peas and seaweed, which provide the amino acids needed for a healthy diet, are turned into a food paste that is 3D-printed to form a raw, steak-like substance. Despite an abundance of meat-free products already on the market that taste similar to animal meats, Scionti found that these are limited to imitation burgers, chicken nuggets or meatballs. None of the offerings reproduce a piece of "fibrous flesh" such as steak or chicken breast. In an effort to reduce the impact of animal agriculture and to improve people's nutrition, the Milanese researcher set out to create a plant-based alternative to "fleshy" meat products.
Really? If a paste going through a nozzle counts as "3D printed", every tube of Cake Mate needs a new label.
Seriously, I thought 3D printing hype died down years ago?
If you'll excuse me, I have to go 3D print some paste on my toothbrush before I go to bed...
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Why would you insult someone who is trying to improve the world? You may not realize it but the level of animal products per capita in the US is unsustainable and therefore will need to be replaced with something. It's better we figure out how to do so sooner rather than later.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Strawman argument, that's not "improving the world." Your definition of "improving the world" is not accepted.
What nonsense to say it's unsustainable. It is very sustainable and only an engineering problem to make more meat.
1) It takes 30 minutes to print a 100g "steak" which appears to be a little larger than a quarter. 2) No information on it's taste or consistency. Being translucent is not a good sign.
I really want someone to make a replacement for meat, not because I give a shit about the animals but because they are heavily subsidized and damaging to both the environment and our bodies. This isn't going to cut it.
I guess I'd try it, but it doesn't sound too appetizing.
Since we're on the subject of personal ethics, might as well give my own. I wish to cause animals as little pain as possible, but understanding that humans are inherent omnivores, I accept that meat is a part of our dietary need. So I eat meat. I enjoy it. I don't care what vegans think, and having worked with several, at this point pissing them off is not a negative thing.
But whatever. I like food that tastes good. And I've found some veggie burgers that to me taste better than a lot of real ones. The wife and I have them several times a month.
Oh - with a couple nice pieces of my home made bacon on them. Yum!
If I were to give my outlook on eating meat, it would be akin to the American Indian practice of thanking the animal that provided us with the sustenance.
All life is precious. From humans (though we seem to try to skirt that at times) to lower animals, to plants, to micro-life. Not one of us survives except by killing and eating living things.
The concept of a human eating meat being evil is simply silly, making any omnivore or carnivore evil, and only frank vegans as non-evil.
And for what it is worth, the vegan diet is the diet of a prey species.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
If you try to apply logical and rational thought to a vegan die-hard, you are going to be really disappointed.
Why are vegans obsessed with making stuff that isn't meat into something they can call "meat". Surely a vegan is not interested in the appeal of something that sounds like meat, and a non vegan surely is not fooled into thinking that mushy brownish bean curd is a substitute for a nice, rare and bloody steak.
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No, it's a bunch of bullshit. If you don't like meat, don't eat it, that's fine by me. If you like it then eat it. I eat a lot of different foods, I don't NEED meat but I enjoy it, so I eat it.
The purpose of fake meat comes from a desire to force others to stop eating real meat, and you can just fuck right off with that noise.
think nutmeats and tuna steaks.
Your parent replied to a "totality projection". The "we are not obsessed" is true if one person (your parent) doesn't fit the GP's "totality".
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