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The sweet shop of the future will offer smaller portions in more elaborate forms, thanks to 3D printers adapted for food use.
Willy Wonka-esque candy floss lamps and edible diamonds were just some of the futuristic creations developed by self-proclaimed "food futurologist" Morgaine Gaye and award-winning British chocolatier Paul A Young at Future Fest, an event held in London this month.
They looked at the factors they thought likely to alter the landscape of confectionary manufacturing, and predicted that sweets as we know them were going to change dramatically over the next 20 years and beyond.
Perhaps the Chocolate Room isn't so far away after all. Let's hope chiral sugars arrive before it does...
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Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
(Score: 1) by g2 In The Desert on Thursday March 26 2015, @08:02PM
We've been hearing of left handed sugars for decades. Sugar beets was supposed to be a major source. And still nothing. I'll wait till it's on store shelves before I believe it.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Ryuugami on Thursday March 26 2015, @09:23PM
Left Handed Sugar
Sounds... sinister.
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