‘World’s First’ 3D Printed Salmon is Vegan and Sustainable

Revo Foods’ innovative 3D printed salmon is the company’s answer to help stop overfishing and the environmental destruction of industrial salmon farming.

Credit: Revo Foods

The world’s first 3D-printed salmon has been revealed at a tasting event in Europe.

Austria-based Revo Foods, say they spent countless hours on research and development to create what they call “the future of seafood”.

Now, the company has showcased the fruits of their labor: ‘salmon’ that is produced through the process of 3D printing, which is sustainable and vegan. 

The project comes after Revo Foods explored how to make salmon and tuna sustainable. 

“We believe that our products offer a clear advantage on two aspects: health and sustainability”, Revo Foods CEO Robin Simsa told FoodNavigator. “Unfortunately, salmon from industrial aquaculture is heavily polluted with heavy metals, microplastics, PCBs and other harmful substances. The large use of antibiotics and growth hormones in aquaculture leads to accumulation of these substances in the meat of fish”.

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“Regarding sustainability, unfortunately industrial salmon aquaculture leads to the nitrification and acidification of the oceans, and fish feed consists of 30% more of wild-caught fish, therefore also contributing to overfishing”, explains Simsa.  

Interestingly, the 3D food printing process is said to preserve the high vitamin and Omega-3 fatty acid content of the salmon.  

Along with using cells to grow food in a lab setting - known as lab-grown meat - 3D printing is one of the leading solutions to prevent the ongoing plundering of the world’s oceans to provide fish for people’s consumption. 

Huge fishing vessels that kill swathes of wildlife as part of ‘unintentional’ bycatch, and ocean-polluting offshore fish farms, could be a thing of the past with the rise of technological solutions to create meat and fish. And because 3D printed food is crafted in a lab rather than via fish on an offshore farm, it’s healthier than farmed fish because it contains no antibiotics, microplastics, or heavy metals.

Revo Foods’ sustainable salmon will be available this summer in Vienna, with a launch in other markets set to follow.

In the meantime, U.S. consumers can try ‘fish’ made from plant-protein that’s readily available in stores now, including Good Catch’s varieties of fish-free tuna to Gardein’s fishless fillets and even crabless cakes.

Good Catch’s selection of vegan seafood. Credit: Good Catch

Want to hear more about how vegan seafood is disrupting the food industry? Listen to Species Unite chat with Chris Kerr, the Godfather of vegan venture capital and co-founder of Gathered Foods, known for its Good Catch plant-based seafood products.

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