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Chocolate-based Ink Three-dimensional Printing (Ci3DP)

IMAGE: Concept of chocolate-based ink 3D printing (Ci3DP). Liquid chocolate products mixed with edible additives and printed by a direct ink writing (DIW) 3D printer at room temperature. The formulated inks allowed easy extrusion through the syringes and nozzles and form self-supporting layers after extrusion to maintain the printed structures.

This work describes an approach to perform 3D printing of chocolate-based materials in its liquid phase at room temperature, termed chocolate-based ink 3D printing (Ci3DP). We printed the chocolate-based inks in the form of chocolate syrup and chocolate paste mixed with varying concentrations of cocoa powders. The rheology-modified chocolate-based inks exhibited viscous and Herschel-Bulkley fluid properties, and they were printable using a DIW 3D printer without temperature control. Ci3DP is complementary to currently available methods of 3D printing of chocolates based on hot-melt extrusion where the printing ink is heated and molten before patterning. A wide selection of chocolate-based materials, and the ability to tailor their properties, distinguish our current approach as a unique method to 3D print chocolate-based products at room temperature.

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1. Rahul Karyappa and Michinao Hashimoto, Chocolate-based ink three-dimensional printing (Ci3DP), Scientific Reports, 9, 14178     

    (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50583-5

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