How to Formulate for Structure and Texture via Medium of Additive Manufacturing-A Review

Abstract

Additive manufacturing, which is also known as 3D printing, is an emerging and growing technology. It is providing significant innovations and improvements in many areas such as engineering, production, medicine, and more. 3D food printing is an area of great promise to provide an indulgence or entertaining experience, personalized food product, or specific nutritional needs. This paper reviews the additive manufacturing methods and materials in detail as well as their advantages and disadvantages. After a full discussion of 3D food printing, the reports on edible printed materials are briefly presented and discussed. In the end, the current and future outlook of additive manufacturing in the food industry is shown.

Influence of Flour and Fat Type on Dough Rheology and Technological Characteristics of 3D-Printed Cookies

“…The rheological properties of the material are crucial for successful 3D food printing. A material for extrusion-based printing should display shear thinning behavior which is an indicator that the material can be extruded through the nozzle [ 5 ]. Physical properties such as relatively higher extrudability, gel strength, elasticity and relatively lower ductility have positive influence on the 3D shape of dough [ 6 ].…”

“…In addition, 3D printable material must form stable structure with self-supporting properties of the deposited layers during and postprocessing without slumping, spreading, or bridging [ 5 ]. Postprocessing of cereal food involves the exposure of a printed 3D object to thermal processing during which chemical and physical changes occur, such as protein denaturation, starch gelatinization, moisture loss, changes in color, size, texture, and nutritional value of the product [ 13 ].…”

Experimental Studies on 3D Printing of Automatically Designed Customized Wrist-Hand Orthoses

“…These technologies are invaluable when there is a need of quick manufacturing of a physical prototype of a designed part [ 1 ], which is especially crucial in medicine [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]. The 3D printing processes can also be useful in the field of foods and nutrition [ 5 ], patient education [ 6 ] and teaching of resident physicians [ 7 ].…”

Low-Cost Additive Manufacturing Techniques Applied to the Design of Planar Microwave Circuits by Fused Deposition Modeling

“…Additive manufacturing techniques and 3D printers have evolved in recent years as an essential technology that provides different solutions in a wide variety of industries, such as construction, medicine, aerospace, foods and education [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ]. Three-dimensional (3D) printing is obtaining a significant interest in overcoming the challenges associated with traditional manufacturing processes, such as micromachining, due to its ease of manufacture, low production costs, and minimal waste of materials [ 8 ].…”