{"id":203145,"date":"2025-01-05T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-use-plasma-to-enable-futuristic-3d-printed-food-heres-how-it-could-revolutionize-an-industry"},"modified":"2025-01-05T12:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T18:28:09","slug":"scientists-use-plasma-to-enable-futuristic-3d-printed-food-heres-how-it-could-revolutionize-an-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-use-plasma-to-enable-futuristic-3d-printed-food-heres-how-it-could-revolutionize-an-industry","title":{"rendered":"Scientists use plasma to enable futuristic 3D-printed food \u2014 here\u2019s how it could revolutionize an industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5rRAWY-3BBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the University of Alberta found a new way to improve plant-based foods, and it involves plasma, the same stuff that makes up stars, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-12-3d-pea-gels-potential-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phys.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough makes 3D-printed pea protein hold its shape, opening doors for more affordable and tasty meat alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Pea protein is already in many foods we eat, from bread to dairy-free milk to meatless burgers. It\u2019s cheap and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/plant-based-diets-health-benefits-food\/\">packed with nutrients<\/a>, but until now, it wouldn\u2019t keep its shape when pushed through a 3D printer, limiting its use in food production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at the University of Alberta found a new way to improve plant-based foods, and it involves plasma, the same stuff that makes up stars, as reported by Phys.org. The breakthrough makes 3D-printed pea protein hold its shape, opening doors for more affordable and tasty meat alternatives. Pea protein is already in many foods we [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}