3D culinary revolution is coming

数字烹饪时代来了？3D打印蛋糕“出炉”

Researchers at Columbia University in New York have created a 3D printer that makes cheesecake.

日前，美国哥伦比亚大学的研究人员已经发明了一种3D打印机，可以制作蛋糕。

A retrofitted, off-the-shelf 3D-printer was used; the printing head could pick up any of the seven food "inks" to add to the slice.

该研究使用了一台改装后的3D打印机，打印头可以选取七种不同的可食用食物“墨水”来添加到蛋糕上。

A blue laser was used to brown and crust the top surface of the graham cracker paste, Jonathan Blutinger, the lead author of the study and an engineer at Columbia’s Creative Machines Lab in New York, told USA Today.

该研究的首席作者、哥伦比亚大学创意机器实验室的研究员乔纳森?布鲁廷格介绍说。此外，蓝光激光器被用来使芝士蛋糕表面的全麦饼干浆变得金黄酥脆。

Until now, most 3D-printed foods were made with uncooked ingredients, the researchers say.

迄今为止，大多数3D打印食品都是使用未烹饪的原料制作的。

But in research published Tuesday in the journal npj Science of Food, the engineers describe how their 3D printer made a cheesecake from seven ingredients: graham cracker, peanut butter, Nutella, banana puree, strawberry jam, cherry drizzle, and frosting.

但21日发表在《npj?食品科学》杂志上的一篇研究中，研究人员描述了他们的3D打印机是如何使用全麦饼干、花生酱、Nutella牌榛子巧克力酱、香蕉泥、草莓酱、樱桃糖浆和糖霜这七种原料制作出芝士蛋糕的。

The final result "tasted pretty sweet – in more ways than one," Blutinger said. “The cheesecake is the best thing we can showcase right now, but the printer can do a whole lot more. “We can print chicken, beef, vegetables and cheese. Anything that can be turned into a paste, liquid or powder.”

布鲁廷格表示，最终的蛋糕成品“尝起来香甜可口”。“这款蛋糕是我们目前能展示的最好的东西，但3D打印还能做得更多，”布鲁廷格表示，“我们可以打印鸡肉、牛肉、蔬菜和奶酪。任何可以变成糊状、液体或粉末的东西。”

He expects restaurants will begin using food printers in the next few years, "for digital gastronomy and one-off food add-ons to class-up a dish or make something aesthetically appetizing."

他还预计，餐厅将在未来几年内开始使用食品打印机，“用于制作数字美食以及为菜肴添加特别的食材附加品，以提高菜肴的档次或使菜肴更具美感。”

When the first ones arrive, perhaps in five years or so, they will likely be less than $1,000, Blutinger said.

布鲁廷格说，第一批3D食品打印机产品可能在未来五年左右推出，其价格可能会低于1,000美元。

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