{"id":464969,"date":"2022-06-18T12:09:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T09:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chiles-innovative-approach-to-feeding-kids\/"},"modified":"2022-06-18T12:09:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T09:09:12","slug":"chiles-innovative-approach-to-feeding-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chiles-innovative-approach-to-feeding-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chile&#8217;s innovative approach to feeding kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a384410f390c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a384410f390c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chiles-innovative-approach-to-feeding-kids\/#%E2%80%9CChiles_innovative_approach_to_feeding_kids%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Chile&#8217;s innovative approach to feeding kids&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChiles_innovative_approach_to_feeding_kids%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Chile&#8217;s innovative approach to feeding kids&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/food-engineering-stude.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/food-engineering-stude.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Food engineering student Alonso Vasquez cuts cochayuyo seaweed to process it before putting it into a 3D printer at the lab of Chile's University in Santiago, on June 17, 2022.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/food-engineering-stude.jpg\" alt=\"Food engineering student Alonso Vasquez cuts cochayuyo seaweed to process it before putting it into a 3D printer at the lab of C\" title=\"Food engineering student Alonso Vasquez cuts cochayuyo seaweed to process it before putting it into a 3D printer at the lab of Chile's University in Santiago, on June 17, 2022.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Food engineering student Alonso Vasquez cuts cochayuyo seaweed to process it before putting it into a 3D printer at the lab of Chile&#8217;s University in Santiago, on June 17, 2022.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some dehydrated &#8220;cochayuyo&#8221; seaweed, some instant mashed potatoes and hot water: these are the ingredients for a nutritious menu of 3D printed food that nutritional experts in Chile hope will revolutionize the food market, particularly for children.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                With a 3D food printer and a modern twist on the traditional use of cochayuyo, an algae typically found in Chile, New Zealand and the South Atlantic, Roberto Lemus, a professor at the University of Chile and several students, have managed to create nutritious and edible figures that they hope kids will love to eat.<\/p>\n<p>Pokemon figures, or any type of animal imaginable, are all fed into the 3D printer, together with the gelatinous mixture, and the food is &#8220;printed&#8221; out seven minutes later. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We looking for different figures, fun figures&#8230;visual, colors, taste, flavors, smells,&#8221; Lemus told AFP. <\/p>\n<p>But, he stressed, the main focus is on nutritional content. &#8220;The product has to be highly nutritious for people, but it also has to be tasty,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>3D food printers are expensive, costing from $4,000 to more than $10,000, but Lemus hopes that as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> advances, their cost will come down and reach more people. <\/p>\n<p>The technology is developing in the culinary field in dozens of countries, and 3D food printers are used to design sweets, pasta and other foods. <\/p>\n<p>NASA already tested it in 2013 with the idea of expanding the variety of foods that astronauts dine on in space.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/food-engineer-roberto.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/food-engineer-roberto.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Food engineer Roberto Lemus shows a sample of a candy for children made with cochayuyo seaweed and rice flour, at the lab of Chile's University in Santiago.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/food-engineer-roberto.jpg\" alt=\"Food engineer Roberto Lemus shows a sample of a candy for children made with cochayuyo seaweed and rice flour, at the lab of Chi\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Food engineer Roberto Lemus shows a sample of a candy for children made with cochayuyo seaweed and rice flour, at the lab of Chile&#8217;s University in Santiago.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Superpower algae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Chile is making progress with cochayuyo seaweed, one of the typical ingredients of the coastal nation&#8217;s cuisine, and which is rich amino acids, minerals and iodine, according to Alonso Vasquez, a 25-year-old postgraduate student who is writing his thesis on the subject. <\/p>\n<p>The young researcher takes dehydrated cochayuyo, cuts it and grinds it to create cochayuyo flour which he then mixes with instant mashed potato powder. <\/p>\n<p>He then adds hot water to the mixture to create a gelatinous and slimy substance that he feeds into the printer. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It occurred to me to use potatoes, rice flour, all of which have a lot of starch. The starch of these raw materials combined with the cochayuyo alginate is what generates stabilization within the 3D printing,&#8221; he says, waiting for the printer to finish creating a Pikachu figure of about two centimeters (just under one inch) and a taste of mashed potatoes and the sea. <\/p>\n<p>The project has been underway for two years and is still in its infancy, but the idea is to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly ingredients such as edible flowers or edible dyes to the menu to make them more attractive to children.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Need a DIY project? 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