The average water consumption for the production of beef on a global scale is 6.6 times higher than the corresponding for the production of soy protein.
Moreover, the production of meat is responsible for the 18% of the annual global greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire emissions of the land, sea and air transport sector, that emitting 13%.
Products based on plant proteins such as meat substitutes, form a sustainable food source than meat.
People are interested in products based on vegetable that can replicate the meat in terms of texture, taste, color and smell.
MeatBot is a prototype of a desktop machine that through the application of shear forces and controlled temperatures on a vegetable protein-based dough, can produce meat alternative with fibrous texture.