Japan developed a printing press for edible inks

Japan's printing machine manufacturer Masta Ma Yingde recently successfully developed and produced an edible ink printer that prints directly on food surfaces using edible inks. The printing machine uses a printing process that does not come into contact with foods by spraying edible inks. It can print in various shapes and various shapes. It is widely used in surface texts and designs such as Japanese-style cakes, cakes, chocolates, and biscuits.

It is understood that the company has manufactured and marketed presses that are suitable for printing various shapes and materials such as gypsum board, wood and stone. Using these technologies, the company used a food additive as a coloring material, that is, a pigment, instead of an ink, to develop a printing press system that can directly print text, pictures, and photographs on the surface of food. The colorants used as inks include four kinds of natural colorants made from sweet radish and sugar beets, as well as a variety of new pigments and six types of tar synthetic pigments for foods. Many other composite series of synthetic pigments. There are many varieties of natural and synthetic tar pigments used, so long as it is compounded and modulated, it can make all kinds of (except for the modulation technology so far). Various printing inks including ink detergents can all be formulated with food additives.

The jet ink printer can jet all kinds of different edible inks on the surface of the food without contacting the food, and can print various characters and patterns. Photographs and computer data can also be printed. The printing process is the same as the existing computer printers on the market. At the same time, there is no need for film materials such as heat tracing, and the printing cost is low, which is suitable for the printing of small-batch, multi-variety products. At present, many Japanese-style cakes and ordinary confectionery manufacturing companies have introduced such printing machines and used them in the production of foods related to wedding-related cakes, cakes, and local products for sightseeing.

This type of printer using edible inks is generally available in shops of the type A4 and A3, and the thickness of the printed material is within 5 cm. In addition, the presses are also equipped with a flat base member for printing on a 500 mm long, 181 mm wide pallet for factory production, suitable for printing 254 mm thick materials. The printer head is movable and can be moved for printing. Only need to adjust the ink drying speed and install it on the production line can be printed. The company secures new customers in the food market by selling edible ink printers in the market, and it can also be further applied in the health food and pharmaceutical industry.

Reprinted from: Screen Printing Industry