ISRAEL - 3D-Printed Meat Has Arrived

Perfecta Premium Plant-Based Meat, a subsidiary of tech-food company Steakholder Foods Ltd. (STKH), has rolled out at supermarkets across the northeast, in partnership with KeHE Distributors, which distributes natural and specialty food across the U.S.

The initial rollout includes imitation poultry, beef, and seafood products including marbled steak, filet mignon, chicken breast, white fish patties, and salmon patties. All products are plant-based and sold frozen, created from proprietary technology based in Ness Ziona, Israel, about 13 miles from Tel Aviv and 35 miles from the Gaza strip.

“Our launch in the Northeastern United States represents an exciting step forward as Perfecta begins reaching consumers through retail shelves for the first time,” Arik Kaufman, Chief Executive Officer of Steakholder Foods, shared in a news release. “We believe the plant-based category is ready for a new generation of products that deliver on taste and eating experience without compromise.

-www.forbes.com, 22 October 2026

Commentary: 3D-printed meat is not what it seems to be. As the article clearly indicates, it’s a mixture of “imitation poultry, beef, and seafood products.”

In many cases, it is fueled by vegetarians and vegans. “Depending on the situation, vegetarians and vegans were met with either acceptance, tolerance, or hostility when they divulged their dietary preferences. Not so much anymore. An increasing number of consumers have begun to realize the positive impact a plant-based diet has, not only on health, but also many other aspects of life. Plant-based diets have gone mainstream” (weforum.org, 18 December 2018).

What is interesting is the demonstration of man’s inability to create. Even in our modern days, man cannot create; only the Creator can create.

In the Old Testament, we read: “And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household” (Deuteronomy 14:26). This instruction was based on the assumption that Israel would remember the clean and the unclean.

In the New Testament, the apostle Paul gives total freedom: “Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake” (1 Corinthians 10:25).

Of course, vegetarianism is also acceptable: “For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him” (Romans 14:2-3).

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