Steakholder Foods Unveils Its New, Highly Marbled 3D Printed Beef Cuts

Recently, international deep-tech food company Steakholder Foods Ltd announced the release of a new, 3D printed meat cut called Omakase Beef Morsels. The richly marbled structured meat product is the first of its kind and was created using a specific 3D-bioprinting technology that was recently patented by the company.

As you might know, the use of 3D printing for the creation of foods has become a big thing over the last few months and it continues to expand steadily. Ever since the food industry discovered what benefits the use of additive manufacturing has in store, food companies keep on coming up with creative new ways to 3D print food. One of those companies is Israel-based Steakholder Foods. The food producer, formerly known as Meatech, has already been offering a variety of 3D-printed meat products, which have been produced by utilizing 3D printing technologies. Last year, for example, the company unveiled a bioprinted 3.67oz (104g) steak, which was at that time the largest cultured steak worldwide. The company’s latest achievement, the Omakase Beef Morsels, is an impressively structured meat cut, which was inspired by the famous Japanese Wagyu beef.

The Meat is created using two kinds of bio-ink

Creating The 3D Printed Cultured Beef Cut

To produce its slaughter-free meat products, Steakholter Foods uses a cutting-edge 3D bioprinting technology, which was developed by a team of the company’s house-own mechanical engineers and cellular biologists. The way the meat is created is that at first, two special kinds of bio-ink are produced using lab-cultured animal cells, one for muscle and one for fat. After that, the product is printed layer by layer, in which the two bio-inks are applied in a variety of different sequences. By having precise control over the application of both inks, the juiciness and marbling of the cut can be optimized. In addition to that, the technology allows the 3D printing of the product in any shape, width, and marbling ratio. The result is a delicate piece of tasty meat, that can be prepared for a delicious meal.