Another 3d food printing adventure. This time we get to try 3d printed marzipan from Print2Taste and their Bocusini. Was great to meet the again at Fabcon 2016. This time we got our hands into some 3d printed marzipan samples to bring you a new tasting experience. Shaped in a really cute turtle form, this marzipan was for sure good. Sweet almond explosion, but without being to thick and overwhelming. I really enjoyed it! Sure I will try to get more for my self in the future 🙂
Let’s start this off right.. with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
I’ll (Jason – @BotBQ) be at the 3D Food Printing Conference next week.. unfortunately Luis (@3DIGITALCOOKS) won’t be 🙁 … AND we made a #3DFPod chapter about it where we briefly go over last year’s 3DFPconf, what we’re looking forward to this year and some of the exciting things you’ll run into if you’re going to the 3DFPconf this year.
Highlights of 3DFPod Ch. 8: 2016 3D Food Printing Conference Preview
There was a lot that happened in 2015 and we covered most of it on 3DIGITALCOOKS.com so go ahead and hit the archives of the site to review 2015 on your own if the podcast wasn’t enough.
Did we miss something in 2015 that we didn’t cover in the #3DFPod or on the site? Let us know by using #3DFPod on social media to give us your feedback!
Friday 16 OCT 2015 will be the final conference in the 3 year long journey of the Performance Project. The Performance Project is a consortium of many groups, funded by a few countries in the EU to help people in assisted living homes who are battling with swallowing and masticating difficulties. They will also cover the ordering and logistics of the platform they’ve come up with to create a complete 3D food printing solution for these problems.
When I first heard about the Performance Project I was very excited and had to hear more. Luckily the project was covered heavily at the 3D food printing conference by several of the participating organizations earlier in the year and we had a chance to talk with Pieter Debrauwer from TNO about it as well.
Performance Project Participants
There are many universities, research firms and companies involved in the project; here’s a short list:
We’ve met some of the people already and they definitely have the right people involved for this project. You’ll notice that Print2Taste and Melanie Senger will be there as well as they were involved in the project through the Hochschule Weihenstephan.
Video Overview
We’re really looking forward to going to the Performance Project Final Conference and learning more about their research and how they’ve solved the issues of logistics and specific nutrient content. I think anyone interested in #3DFP will be as well, can’t recommend it enough that you go and check it out.
It is too late to register to attend, but I’ll do my best live tweet-a-thon during the event and I’m hoping they’ll also records and release most of the Performance Project presentations and if we’re lucky maybe there’ll be a live stream!
