NEW YORK: Skilled nursing home residents could soon be tucking into 3D printed meals, after nursing homes gave it the thumbs up for taste and texture.
A 3D food printer has created tasty, nutritious and easy to swallow meals for older people, after three years of research and nearly €3m investment by the EU.
German firm Biozoon Food Innovations is leading the EU project Performance (Personalised Food for the Nutrition of Elderly Consumers) which involves 14 countries.
Melt in the mouth food for older people suffering from chewing and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia), has been designed using a Foodjet printer created by the Dutch company De Grood Innovations…