Get ready for 3D-printed vegan ‘steaks’

Mock meat goes beyond burgers as an Israeli company targets steak houses and restaurants in Israel, Europe and Asia with its 3D-printed sirloins and other prime cuts

Bloomberg
Published17 Feb 2021, 12:00 PM IST
Your 3D-printed steak could look like this
Your 3D-printed steak could look like this(Pexels (Representational image))

(Bloomberg) -- Juicy sirloin steaks hot off a 3D printer are on the menu this year as the booming faux meat market bids to lure even die hard carnivores.

Israel’s Redefine Meat Ltd. is targeting steak houses and other restaurants in Israel, Europe and Asia with its 3D-printed facsimiles of beef cuts, from fillet to rump and brisket. The startup has just raised $29 million in funding to build a large-scale pilot factory and begin sales later this year, it said Tuesday.

“We want to change the belief that delicious meat can only come from animals,” Chief Executive Officer Eshchar Ben-Shitrit said. “We have all the building blocks in place to make this a reality.”

Alternative-protein demand has boomed in recent years as environmental and health concerns drive consumers to products like faux burgers or nuggets. That’s attracted venture-capital investors and food giants from Nestle SA to McDonald’s Corp., although more needs to be done to improve the taste of products and lower prices to compete with conventional meat.

Redefine is trying to take plant-based products to the next level by giving diners the same sensory experience as eating prime beef. Last week, another Israeli startup, Aleph Farms Ltd., unveiled the world’s first slaughter-free ribeye steak. Barcelona-based Novameat Tech SL plans to start selling 3D-printed vegan meat to restaurants in Europe this year as it raises funds for a production scale-up, CEO Giuseppe Scionti said.

While Redefine is still working on flavor, 3D printers loaded with plant-based “ink” can print the meat countless times and deliver a complex layering of muscle and fat to recreate the right texture.

“Our meat today versus some other cuts of meat are the same,” the Redefine CEO said in an interview. “You cannot distinguish.”

The company has distribution partners in Israel, Germany, Switzerland and Singapore. Redefine’s financing round, led by Happiness Capital and Hanaco Ventures, is the highest Series-A funding for any alternative protein startup, data from researcher Dealroom show.

The funding is “a major step toward becoming the world’s biggest alternative meat company by 2030,” Ben-Shitrit said.


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