Plantish

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2022: Launch of 3D printing of salmon for restaurants

In mid-October 2022, information appeared about the launch of 3D printing of salmon for restaurants. The Israeli startup Plantish, which carried out this project, hopes to change the food industry, in particular the way we eat fish. The company hopes the new technology, which is already being used to deliver products to restaurants, will help conserve fish populations.

For its production, the startup uses plant components that are enriched with proteins and omega-3 in proportions comparable to real fish. Producers note that their fish include all proteins and essential nutrients, but are free of mercury, microplastics and other pollutants common in the ocean.

3D printing of salmon for restaurants launched

Plantish first entered the salmon market and offers plant-based fillets created with patented 3D printing technology. The company has already raised $12.5 million and plans to offer its fish through a chain of restaurateurs. The main goal of the company is to become the leading global brand of fish products without harming any fish and for this employees are developing a proprietary additive production method for large-scale production of plant-based fish. The company said that due to consumer demand, it chose the complex production of whole pieces, and not minced meat.

Company management at the end of 2021 said Plantish salmon plant-based product would be launched at select points of sale by the end of 2022, with an official launch expected in 2024. Startup Plantish was founded in mid-2021 by Ofek Ron, the former CEO of Vegan Friendly, who serves as the company's CEO. Hilem Elimelech, Doctor of Chemical Sciences and expert in additive manufacturing technologies, who heads the research and development department. Bioengineering doctor Ariel Shklanni, who holds the position of chief technologist and former Impossible Foods product director Eyal Briller.

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization for October 2022, global fish consumption will increase from 179 million tons in 2018 to 204 million tons in 2030. This change will have a significant impact on the development of the oceans and could create environmental problems when fishing increases.^[1]

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