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Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (1 -6).
There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
A Crucially, manufacturers need to ensure that their 3D E Months and months of research,not to mention hard
printers are compatible with current regulations and work,had all been leading up to what was about to come
guidelines. out of a small, needle-like component known as the
B One of the benefits of producing food in this way is that ‘hot end’.
it helps in the battle against food poverty and starvation F It was an intriguing concept and one that wasclearly
around the world. geared towards current consumer trends.
C At first glance, it was very difficult to tell. G In actual fact, it is a phenomenon that’s driving one of
D This, as it turned out, had been the intention all along. the biggest revolutions in food production today.

What are you printing for dinner?

Stephen Wood is given a tour of Nutrition X, a cutting-edge food manufacturing plant, to see how
advances in technology will affect food production.

in front of your eyes. ’ 4 The
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question that remained, however,
was just how ready people were for
this kind of technology. Would this
outweigh the satisfaction of preparing
a meal yourself , and would the food
have the same taste?
To answer the latter, I was invited into PDF from sachtienganhhanoi.com
what Vanessa called the sampling
room to find out how 3D-printed food
compared to normal food. In front
’
‘
of me were two versions of the same
A it wasn t exactly what I d decorations. Within minutes, sounds dish, pumpkin gnocchi. I was asked to
small cake, complete with icing and
pproaching the building,
’
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note down which was which. _ 5
of applause filled the room- mission
envisaged such a high-tech
Both were very colourful and even
food manufacturing plant to look accomplished, I thought. Now all that
'
like. The building s facade, with its was left was to bake it. had the same fork markings on them.
old-fashioned brickwork and endless I then tasted both and wrote down
’
You d be forgiven for thinking that
streams of smoke pouring out of the my answer on the card provided and
3D-printed food was pure fantasy,
industrial pipes, was like something handed it to Vanessa. She simply
dreamt up by science fiction writers.
out of the 19th century. _1 ‘ We smiled and said, ‘ Just make sure you
3 However, much of the ’
wanted to pay tribute to the iconic inform your readers that you couldn t
technology was originally developed
manufacturing plants of the past, ’ tell the difference. ’
for space travel, helping astronauts to
explained Vanessa Stephenson, head
prepare meals quickly at the touch of a The last stop on my tour was a small
of communications and my tour guide ’
button, so it s perhaps no surprise that presentation on food safety. 6
for the day.
people have such vivid images of it. It isn t as simple as just inserting
'
Our first port of call was the Nowadays, private companies, like the ingredients as you run the risk
laboratory. Inside, a team of scientists of contaminating your food with the
Nutrition X, are taking advantage of
and software developers were huddled open-source technology and finding toxic chemicals present in some of the
around a device so ordinary-looking new ways to appeal to the mass machines. If done correctly, however,
it could have been mistaken for an market. ‘ Imagine coming home after the possibilities are endless. It may not
old television. Apparently, I had a long day in the office, ’ Vanessa be long before you are sitting down to
arrived at just the right time. 2 explained, ‘ and with the simple touch a delicious meal where the chef is
The result would hopefully be a of a button, a gourmet meal appearing a computer.
Food, glorious food