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Food is an essential component of life comprised of various macro and micronutrients. The complex nature of food makes digestion to be pretty complicated. The composition of a diet plays a major role in fulfilling the daily needs and energy requirements. Macronutrients include carbohydrates, proteins, fat, and dietary fibre. On the other hand, vitamins and minerals are grouped as micronutrients. Nowadays the dietary pattern of food is kept on changing with busy and hectic lifestyle (Phan and Stodolska 2019). Formulation of a convenient diet without compromising nutrition is the need of the hour. As a printandeat technique, 3D food printing promises to be a futuristic technology that addresses the nutritional needs and the dietary requirements of the modern world. The science of printing is quite interesting as food printing allows consumers to design their own recipe. Food printing is an iteration of novelty and creativity that mingle the digitalized intricate designing with traditional cuisines (Anukiruthika et al. 2020). The success of a food recipe depends on consumer perception, characteristics of material supply and acceptability of end‐product. Printing of food allows for flexibility and more degrees of freedom to test inexperienced food material supplies like alternative/ uncommon food ingredients (Nachal et al. 2019). Researchers have classified printing recipes as element and traditional recipes. Element‐based recipes were based on a pre‐set of standardized formulation and material dispensing that determines the sensory attributes of food. Experiments were conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers on element‐based printing recipes using Virtuoso Mixer™, Robotic Chef™, and Digital Fabricator™ printers. On the other hand, traditional recipes aimed at developing a customized food by modifying the existing printing recipes. Examples of this category include the fabrication of customized chocolates and sugar sculptures (Sun et al. 2015). Mainly traditional printing helps in the formulation and design of new recipe based on consumers preference. A combination of element and traditional based recipes would open up for exemplar dishes out of 3D printing.