以色列3D打印海鲜初创企业Plantishhas raised $12.45 million in seed funding to bring its alternative seafood products to restaurants within the next two years.
该公司的第一批基于植物的海鲜产品是其植物鲑鱼，该鲑鱼是使用申请专利的3D打印技术制造的，然后以与传统鲑鱼的准备方式相同。
通过新的资金，Plantish将寻求加快其研发努力，以进一步开发其产品并建立团队，然后才能在2024年之前在高级餐厅开设。
Plantish首席执行官兼联合创始人Ofek Ron说：“我们已经在肉类市场上看到了它发生在肉类市场上了。”“尤其是鲑鱼，在半百万美元的海鲜市场中占500亿美元。
“问题是，到目前为止，鱼类很难复制。”
3D打印三文鱼
根据Statista的鱼类和海鲜报告2021,超过70%的传统鱼是反对sumed in wholecut form across the globe, either as whole fish or fillets. The alternative seafood sector, however, mostly consists of minced fish options like fish fingers due to the challenges of whole-cut production.
While Plantish’s approach is novel, the firm isn’t the only player in the alternative seafood market leveraging 3D printing to create whole-cut salmon. Vienna-based start-uprevo食品，，，，previously known asLegendary Vish，一直在发展自己的3D印刷植物性鲑鱼for several years. In 2021, the firm debuted its product at a“世界第一”公共品尝活动and announced plans to create an automated 3D printing production line for its plant-based seafood products.
Plantish于去年中期成立，其使命是通过提供植物性的全切片鱼片来拯救世界海洋，这些鱼片的味道，质地和营养与传统鱼类相似。
The start-up has developed its own patent-pending additive manufacturing technology specifically geared to the production of plant-based fish alternatives, starting with salmon. The firm deconstructed salmon to understand its different components, before using 3D printing to deposit super-fine layers of connective tissue and muscle tissue to create a plant-based salmon fillet.
Plantish Salmon reportedly mimics the taste, texture, appearance, and structure of cooked conventional salmon, while offering the same nutritional value in regards to high protein and Omega-3 content. The product can also be grilled, baked, poached, oven roasted, or charred, just as conventional salmon fillets can be.
由于我们越来越多地寻求用于环境，健康和其他各种原因的传统海鲜产品的替代品，因此该初创企业的目标是成为“世界领先的海鲜品牌”。
罗恩说：“我们喜欢鱼，而不是试图改变消费者想要的东西。”“我们只是为鲑鱼提供美味的升级，对您来说更安全，对地球更好。
“没有抗生素，没有激素，没有汞，没有旁观，也没有妥协。”
筹集1200万美元的种子资金
该公司的1200万美元种子资金回合由心态冒险并看到参与Pitango Health Tech，，，，Unovis Capital，，，，Techaviv创始人合作伙伴，，，，智能农业，，，，E2JDJ，，，，校友冒险， 和乌鸦。
The latest funding comes after the start-up raised $2 million in pre-seed funding in June 2021 from TechAviv Founder Partners and angel investors including Spanish-American celebrity chef and restaurateur José Andrés.
“Cracking wholecut seafood is the next big opportunity in our quest for impact and sustainability,” said Merav Rotem Naaman, General Partner at State of Mind Ventures. “When we met the world-class team at Plantish we knew that they had the passion, vision and capability to pull off the seemingly impossible task of producing a true upgrade to fish.”
Plantish将指导新资金建立其团队，并进行进一步的研发以加速其产品的开发。展望未来，这家初创企业的主要目标是进入餐饮服务市场，并在2024年之前将其产品送入餐厅。与此同时，Plantish将在今年年底在弹出窗口首次亮相其3D印刷鲑鱼。
罗恩补充说：“我们了解到，超过60％的海鲜被室外食用，鲑鱼是世界上最受欢迎的鱼类和动物蛋白之一。”“因此，我们将精力集中在餐饮服务路线上，您可以期望在未来两年内在美食餐厅见我们。”
Israel’s blossoming 3D printed food market
近年来，以色列已成为3D印刷食品初创企业的枢纽，许多公司争夺新兴行业的市场份额。
武装着成为“世界上最大的Alt-Meat公司”到十年末，重新定义肉has already commercialized its food 3D printing technology in several markets. The companylaunched its first series of ‘New-Meat’ products去年7月，以色列选定的餐馆和酒店rolling out its plant-based food productsto high-end restaurants throughout Europe in December.
十二月也看到了MeaTechannounce the latest milestone in its quest to develop sustainable cultured meat products using 3D bioprinting technology, having印刷了最大的牛排weighing in at 3.67 ounces.
Fellow 3D printing food start-upSavorEat同时，与全球酒店公司合作Sodexo去年飞行员机器人厨师食品3D打印机在美国的某些大学，它倾向于商业化系统及其第一个替代肉类产品。
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特色图片显示，植物鲑鱼在营养上与常规鲑鱼相似，并且蛋白质，omega-3s，omega-6和B族维生素含量很高。通过Shahaf Beger的照片。
