This paper reviews food printing development from conceptual design till available commercial machines. The two printing platforms are employed, and both natively printable materials and nonprintable traditional food materials are used for printing experiment. Although quite a number of food printing technologies are available, there is still a long way to further develop them for commercial usage. From this technology review, it can be seen that food printing may exert a significant influence on various types of food processing, which allow designers/users to manipulate forms and materials
with enhanced and unprecedented capability. This versatility, applied to domestic cooking or catering service, can improve efficiency to deliver high quality, freshly-prepared food items to consumers,deliver personalized nutrition and enable users to develop new flavors, textures and shapes to create entirely new eating experiences.