Forma Foods Creates the “Best Plant-Based Carne Asada” Using 3D Printing Tech to Replicate Tissues
“We are meat designers,” says the Mexican startup Forma Foods, which crafts cow-less meat using a patented 3D printing process called “chaotic printing.” Grissel Trujillo de Santiago and Mario Moises Alvarez, two tissue engineering experts from the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey, founded a bioprinting company in 2017. Initially focused on cultivated meat, they developed the “chaotic printing” technique to bioprint musculoskeletal tissue using live mammal cells. However, due to the high costs associated with animal cell-based processes, the founders decided to apply the technology to plant proteins. They officially established Forma Foods in 2022 with biotechnology engineer Li Lu Lam Aguilar as CEO, explains Tecnológico de Monterrey. “Ultimately, we want to push the boundaries of what’s possible with innovative food technology,” says Trujillo, who …
