Making Food Personalized by 3D Printing Technology explores the topic from novel and different angles. The book covers the importance of personalized foods for an healthy and active life, also considering the importance of the structure-functionality relationship of nutrients and bioactive compounds. The main technical backgrounds and recent innovations for 3D food printing, including the design and development of printable food formula to get high fidelity and excellent structural stability after printing is also deeply analyzed in this important resource for researchers and students involved in several fields of the food-system and nutrition. Overall, 3D Printing has a goal to create edible structures from a digital structure designed by CAD software. This means that we can personalize shape and dimension without limits and with many degrees of freedom. This book will help readers increase the eating-pleasure of novel food products.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. Does 3D Food Printing help to create Personalized food?2. Personalized nutrition for a healthy and active life
3. Controlling food structure at different length scale to maximize healthy and functional benefits
4. 3D Food Printing. Technical backgrounds and new insight to control processing variables
5. Printable food formula for customized food products
6. Designing virtual model for customized 3D architecture of printed food
7. Programmable food texture by 3D printing
8. Customizing visual aspect, taste and aroma of food by 3D and 4D printing
9. Post-processing and safety of 3D printed food products
10. Customization of food by 3D printing for a medium-large audience
11. Personalizing your own food, 3D food printing at home applications
12. Consumer's acceptance on 3D Food Printing technology for personalized food manufacturing