Jet-Eat (Technion, Israël) imprime un steak vegan en 3D et remporte le concours européen EIT
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Jet-Eat, start-up israélienne qui collabore de près avec des scientifiques du Technion, est la première entreprise au monde à développer une technologie d’impression 3D conçue spécifiquement pour répondre aux problèmes majeurs de l’industrie alimentaire. Fondée en 2018 par Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, Jet-Eat vise à réduire le gaspillage alimentaire, à contribuer à un système de production alimentaire plus durable et à fournir aux végétaliens, aux végétariens et aux flexitariens des alternatives saines, naturelles et durables à la viande, sans que leur expérience culinaire soit différente.
En effet, la « viande » imprimée est conçue pour imiter l’apparence, la texture, le goût et la réaction à la chaleur du bœuf. Il faut 20 000 litres d’eau et plus de 20 kg de nourriture pour bétail pour produire 1 kg de viande, un processus peu rentable écologiquement. Jet-Eat a pour objectif de développer une imprimante capable de produire en 24 heures une quantité de substitut de viande équivalente à la quantité de bœuf pouvant être produite à partir d’un veau âgé de deux ans.
L’élevage bovin, une cause majeure du réchauffement
Selon Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, le secteur de l’élevage de bovins de boucherie est une des causes négatives majeures du réchauffement climatique. L’intégration de la technologie d’impression 3D dans la recherche d’une alternative à la viande, et en particulier au bœuf, pourrait fondamentalement changer cette réalité et aider à bâtir un avenir plus durable tout en ouvrant de nouvelles opportunités pour la viande végétale haut de gamme.
La jeune entreprise israélienne Jet-Eat est lauréate du programme 2018 de l’Institut européen d’innovation et de technologie. La start-up israélienne fait partie des 40 start-ups du secteur alimentaire prêtes à changer le système alimentaire mondial en prenant part au Réseau d’Accélérateurs pour les Produits alimentaires de l’Institut européen d’innovation et de technologie (EIT).
EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, with the aim to create a sustainable and future-proof food sector. The initiative is made up of a consortium of key industry players, start-ups, research centres and universities from across Europe. It is one of six Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) established by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.
Rédacteur : Guillaume Duret, post-doctorant au Technion pour le BVST
Source calcalistech
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Producing beef currently requires cows, and that is a problem, according to Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, founder of Tel Aviv-based food printing startup Jet-eat Printed Food Ltd.
Founded in early 2018, Jet-Eat develops 3D printing technologies for vegan meat substitutes. The printed “meat” is designed to emulate the appearance, texture, taste, and reaction to heat of beef. “It takes 20,000 liters of water and over 20 kg of cattle feed to produce 1 kg of meat, that is just inefficient,” Ben-Shitrit said. Jet-Eat aims to develop a printer that could produce in 24 hours an amount of meat substitute equivalent to the amount of beef that could be produced from a two-year-old calf.
Ben-Shitrit spoke at a pitching event held Wednesday at Tel Aviv coworking space Labs, as one of 10 finalists in a foodtech competition held by Calcalist in collaboration with Israeli food processing company Tnuva and accounting firm KPMG. “Our steaks already cost the same as beef products and will get much cheaper in the future,” Ben-Shitrit said.
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food has announced today the winners of its 2018 Food Accelerator Network Programme: Agri Marketplace, Jet-Eat and Wisefood. The finalists were invited to compete for three awards, consisting of an equity-free cash prize of € 60,000 each. The winners were announced today at the EIT Food Venture Summit on 28 November 2018, at Station F in Paris.
Agri Marketplace, based in Portugal, is a global digital platform that directly connects farmers and agro-industrial customers. Jet-Eat, from Israel, offers proprietary technology software and formulations that print fresh meat. Wisefood is a German-based company that has created the world’s first edible straw made of apple pomace to offer a more sustainable and ecological alternative.
The ten finalists were selected from a group of 41 agrifood technology startups involved in the 2018 EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN) Programme. Over a four-month acceleration period, these startups have had access to tools, connections, mentors and expertise to help them succeed.
MassChallenge Switzerland, part of MassChallenge’s global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, partnered with EIT FAN and introduced a food tech track in its 2018 cohort. Held in Switzerland, Germany and Israel, the EIT FAN aims to make Europe the go-to innovation hub for the world’s most promising agrifood startups.
Benoit Buntinx, Director of Business Creation for EIT Food, commented: “Many congratulations to our winners from our EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme. The ideas of these startups is to help tackle global food challenges and address the gap between innovation and the realisation of genuine business opportunities. It has been a pleasure collaborating with the 41 agrifood startups over the last months and seeing first-hand the disruptive ideas they are working on.”
Thierry Duvanel, Managing Director of MassChallenge Switzerland stated: “Today’s EIT Food Venture Summit is not only about celebrating these great projects, but also about bridging the gap between early ventures and established players in food technologies and agriculture. Through the EIT Food Accelerator Network with MassChallenge we have created this unique pan-European startup program and we are thrilled with the way it has evolved and its future prospects.
EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, with the aim to create a sustainable and future-proof food sector. The initiative is made up of a consortium of key industry players, start-ups, research centres and universities from across Europe. It is one of six Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) established by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.
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