3D Printed Fungus Foods

This is a whole new take on grow-your-own food! Dutch designer Chloé Rutzerveld has modified a desktop 3D printer to print bite size morsels of food made from multiple ingredients that has living edible plants growing from them.

Her project, called Edible Growth, prints a biscuit that starts with a base created from dried fruits or vegetables, nuts or a gelatinous paste made from algae. The base material is saturated with micro-organisms: varieties of yeast, bacteria, fungi, seeds and sprouts. The yeasts and bacteria are live cultures and alter the base in both flavor and texture and offers probiotic benefits. It whole thing then takes about five days to be ready to eat.

I have no idea why people are trying to use current technology to "synthesize" substitutes for the foods we are already accustomed to, when there is a whole new landscape of choices open to us that emerging technologies can provide.

The result looks very interesting and reports say it tastes pretty good. For more information click HERE.