Redefine Meat: Revolutionizing the Meat Industry with 3D-Printed Plant-Based Alternatives

TLDR Redefine Meat, founded by Eshchar Ben-Shitrit, is using 3D printing technology to create plant-based meat alternatives that closely mimic animal-based products. The company aims to lead the shift away from animal-based meat products by offering healthy, sustainable, and widely available plant-based alternatives.

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00:00 Eschar Ben-Shitrit of Redefine Meat is using 3D printing technology to create plant-based meat alternatives that closely resemble animal-based products.
04:17 Eshchar Ben-Shitrit and a colleague initially did not plan to start their own business, as they were content with corporate careers, but eventually shifted to working for a startup using 3D printing technologies.
08:07 Eshchar Ben-Shitrit's decision to start his own company, Redefine Meat, was inspired by the birth of his second son and his personal choice to stop eating meat due to ethical and environmental concerns.
12:09 Eshchar Ben-Shitrit saw an opportunity to contribute to the plant-based meat revolution by using his expertise in 3D printing to create alternative meat products, despite initial lack of response from existing companies in the industry.
16:41 Eshchar Ben-Shitrit experimented with 3D printing plant-based meat components in his kitchen, combining soy protein, gluten, and pea protein with fats and flavors to replicate the complexity of a steak, leading to the founding of his company.
21:17 A team of experts with a passion for sustainability and technology joined forces to develop 3D-printed plant-based meat, starting with inedible prototypes in a lab before successfully creating a steak-like product called alt-steak.
25:26 Redefine Meat developed a realistic plant-based blood substitute and received positive feedback from consumers and investors, leading to a shift in focus towards becoming the world's largest meat company.
29:33 Redefine Meat focuses on humility and actively listening to feedback from chefs and consumers to continuously improve their plant-based meat products towards achieving a goal of creating a fully plant-based steak indistinguishable from animal steak.
33:27 Redefine Meat aims to expand its plant-based meat products from restaurants to grocery stores, starting in Israel and gradually moving to Europe and the USA, with a focus on improving quality, scale, and price competitiveness compared to traditional meat.
37:25 Redefine Meat aims to become a major player in the meat industry by offering plant-based alternatives that are healthy, sustainable, and widely available, with a goal of leading the shift away from animal-based meat products.
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