In this talk, we present the case of sallea, an ETH Zurich Spin-off, as an example for the successful implementation of indirect AM in the food industry. Sallea leverages 3D printed sodium chloride (NaCl) molds to develop protein-based, edible scaffolds for the cultivated meat industry. We will showcase how NaCl can be printed by different methods, including extrusion-based and light-based, and discuss its beneficial properties such as affordability, biocompatibility and high temperature resistance.
Beyond food applications, we will demonstrate how the same NaCl-based molds can be used to structure challenging, yet highly demanded, materials such as magnesium and polystyrene. These examples illustrate the versatility of indirect AM in expanding the reach of additive technologies to material classes that have traditionally been excluded from AM workflows.
Speaker: Nicole Kleger, CTO, sallea AG