Bifes à base de plantas: em breve na impressora 3D mais perto de você

Impressão 3d pode ajudar na popularização de carnes feitas de planta Amir Cohen/Reuters - 29.06.2020

A startup israelense Redefine Meat planeja lançar impressoras 3D para produzir bifes à base de plantas no próximo ano, em uma tentativa de capturar uma fatia do mercado de rápido crescimento de alternativas à carne.

Os substitutos da carne são cada vez mais populares entre os consumidores preocupados com o bem-estar animal e o meio ambiente, aumentando as vendas da Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods e Nestlé.

A Redefine Meat, com sede em Rehovot, ao sul de Tel Aviv, primeiro testará seu “Alt-Steak” em restaurantes de luxo este ano antes de lançar suas impressoras 3D em escala industrial para distribuidores de carne em 2021.

“Você precisa de uma impressora 3D para imitar a estrutura do músculo do animal”, disse o presidente-executivo, Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, à Reuters.

As máquinas poderão imprimir 20 quilos por hora e, eventualmente, centenas, a um custo menor do que a carne de verdade.

Fundada em 2018, a empresa captou 6 milhões de dólares no ano passado em uma rodada de investimentos liderada pela CPT Capital, investidora da Beyond Meat e da Impossible Foods. A Hanaco Venture Capital e o grupo alemão de aves PHW também investiram na empresa.

“O mercado está definitivamente aguardando uma inovação em termos de melhoria da textura”, disse Stacy Pyett, que gerencia o programa Proteins for Life na Wageningen University & Research, na Holanda.

Ela disse que a impressão 3D é uma tecnologia que compete para melhorar a textura da carne alternativa, mas “ter novas tecnologias … não necessariamente resolve o problema do sabor”.

As vendas de alternativas à carne podem atingir 140 bilhões de dólares até 2029, cerca de 10% do mercado mundial de carne, de acordo com o Barclays.

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