Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have come to prove that food printed on a 3D printer can be as useful and tasty as usual, and most importantly, better suited to hospital patients, because it can be cooked with all the individual characteristics of convalescent. Usually studies of the food produced on a 3D printer relate to the very possibility of printing edible dishes, but the goal of the Danes initiative is to customize the food - filling each dish with the right food and energy value according to the patient's needs and tastes. For example, you can print a soft apple for those who can not bite, or a vitamin-rich toast. "The bottom line is that 3D-printing technology can be used to produce individual dishes. This is important, because each patient needs a specific diet, both in terms of diagnosis and nutritional value, and in terms of taste preferences, "says Professor Lilia Arne. The greatest potential is, according to Arne and her colleagues, dairy products, for example, ice cream, which is easy to produce and eat, and which has a high nutritional value.

Soon, Arne's hypothesis will be checked at the university hospital in Aalborg, reports 3ders. Scientists expect that this project will start a new era in three-dimensional food printing. "The potential of 3D products is very large, and we can already see a significant interest in personalized food - which will only grow in the future," Arne said..

Original article: Patients of the Danish hospital will be printed food taking into account the prescriptions of the doctor.