Additive manufacturing in the food industry

Abstract

3D‑printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a technology that is used to produce objects through the layer-by-layer printing process based on digital models. It is employed in the food industry to personify nutrition, optimize the supply chains and extend a range of available products. Moreover, it has been shown that this technology helps solve global tasks including a reduction of food waste due to the optimization of technological processes and rational use of raw materials, including by introducing recovered nutritional substances from by-products of agro-industrial production into printed food products. The paper examines advantages and risks of additive manufacturing, key trends and peculiarities of their use in the food industry, as well as the current state of the world m