Review Article
Advancements in Food Printing Technologies and Their Potential Culinary Applications: A Contemporary Exploration
Table 1
Advantages of various dimensional techniques.
| Printing type | Advantage | Application | Reference |
| 3D | Formation of complex 3D structures and personalized foods | Specifically formulated foods for warriors, athletes, and expectant mothers | [5] | 4D | Rapid prototyping, lower material consumption, accessibility, cost-effectiveness, geometric complexity, and excellent design flexibility | Self-folding food packaging, macro-/microscale soft robots for different engineering applications | [10] | 5D | Production of robust complex objects with less material | Jewellery to the automotive prototyping industry can be benefited | [14] | 6D | The creation of the intelligent final object, or the ability for the thing to change its shape in response to an external stimulus | For the manufacturing of advanced on-demand products | [17] |
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