Food 3D Printing with Starch Suspension
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3D food printing is a method of making a novel three-dimensional processed food based on digital data by applying additive manufacturing technology to food materials [1]. Food 3D printers are expected to serve foods with controlling nutrients and texture, taste, shape, and appearance suitable for an individual's health [2,3]. 3D printers are expected to be used to make hospital diet and space diet. 3D printers are also expected to help solve the problem of food shortages around the world. There are many different types of food 3D printers such as screw type, syringe type, and inkjet type, for printing various food such as dough, paste, chocolate, agar, candy, and so on. But there are few 3D printers capable of printing hard textured foods. We aim to develop a food 3D printer capable of printing hard textured food with starch suspension. In the printing process, the starch suspension is irradiated with a blue laser, and irradiated spot is gelatinized by heat generated by photothermal conversion.
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Food 3D printer, Laser, Starch, Gelatinization, Absorbance
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