IDM | Special Cheese in 3D print Individualsed products: Dutch startup company Printcheese has high expectations 24 · 10 2016 | international-dairy.com (photo: Printcheese) While extrusion has long since established as a production process for processed cheese und is now enjoying ever more attention for producing "real" cheeses as well, the 3D print of cheese is still in a very early stage. But here and there, intensive work is made to bring cheese extrusion into the third dimension. IDM met pioneer Michaela van Leeuwen on her farm in Brummen, The Netherlands. During her work at the Wageningen University Research Dept. Michaela was introduced to 3D print and decided to try and adapt this technology for food manufacturing. As a dairy farmer’s wife, the idea of using cheese as a substrate was quite obvious, says Michaela. A project at two Dutch research institutes then laid the basis for Michaela’s startup company Printcheese (printcheese.nl). "It was my goal form the start to use Gouda as material for 3D print. Meanwhile, I also use goat’s cheese as this substrate prints very well", This complex honeycombe structure was made by a hightech 3D foodprinter (photo: Printcheese) Michaela told IDM. A prerequisite is that the base product is pasty-like or can be made pasty. This is no problem with processed and goat’s cheese but Gouda and other cheese sorts have to be prepared accordingly for print. Michaela has bought two 3D printers made by PrintRbot customised for food print who actually produce her creations. Heart and star shapes, cylinders and cones non more produce any problem in print just like small cheese wedges which the printers
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