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Universal platforms are the existing open‐source printing systems adapted for food applications from allied sectors such as polymer printing. The use of this type of available printing platform for food applications shortens the processing time and saves energy (Sun et al. 2015a). Most of the food printing systems available in the literature were based on universal platforms. Researchers had used these platforms for the printing of food matrices like protein pastes and cake dough and studied the effect of hydrocolloids in textural modification of different food systems (Lipton et al. 2010). A desktop 3D printer, MakerBot was adapted for food printing by modifying the existing extruder head to be suitable for food printing (Millen 2012). Although universal platforms save time and cost, these platforms were not suitable for printing a wide range of food materials since food is a complex matrix comprising of varied physical and chemical composition.