Budelfood B.V. has been established within the Budelpack Group as a specialized contract manufacturer for 3D food printing.
Budelfood as a specialized contract manufacturer without its own brands, offers third parties the opportunity to have their products produced under their brand name via Budelfood, using the 3D printing technique for food developed by Gastronology.
On May 28 and 29, Gastronology's external manufacturer Budelfood will be present at the PLMA, the world's largest private label show for food, among others. Dysphalicious products are 3D printed and produced on industrial scale and can be seen live at the show. For many brand owners, this is the signal that the market for 3D printed food really has begun.
Budelfood - as one of the first companies in the world -started the industrial production of 3D printed food products, which are marketed by its client Gastronology under the name ‘ Dysphalicious ’. In recent years, the company has conducted intensive research into the composition and application of 3D food products and into the technology to produce on an industrial scale using 3D food printers. Gastronology's 3D food products are primarily intended for people with chewing and swallowing problems, which manifests itself, among other things, as a result of old age or with certain conditions such as ALS, MS or Huntington. The first production batches are delivered to the healthcare centers and hospitals to they can gain experience in how to use Gastronology's 3D food products in the coming six months.
After an intensive period of preparation of almost 5 years with client Gastronology, and after a period of testing individual parts of the production line, Budelfood has now started ‘integral’ testing of world's first industrial 3D food printing line. The aim is to align the equipment in the various steps of the production process as well as to test the quality procedures.
The different steps in the production process are: processing (cooking-mixing process of vegetable and mashed potatoes), industrial 3D food printing, shock-freezing and packaging.
