Miniature food is a replica of a dish made at a much smaller scale than the original. It may be in the form of an inedible toy or accessory, or an edible foodstuff either made from the same ingredients as the original dish, candy or other substitute and with real working miniature kitchen and cookwares. Miniature food is an example of miniature art.

History

Regular-sized food models first appeared in Uichi, Japan, in 1917, to display previews of food in the windows of restaurants. Businesses that produced and sold the food

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were set up by Iwasaki Ryuzo in 1932. Early models of food were made from wax; nowadays, they are mostly made from plastic and polymer clay, a heat-dependable type of clay. Generally delicate and tiny items are called " kawaii" in Japanese; miniature food is created with the Japanese miniature-art techniques of recent decades. The creation of miniature food with edible ingredients was popularized by YouTubers Miniature Space and AAAjoken. In 2015, a report from video-intelligence firm Tubular Labs indicated that these miniature food videos contributed up to 3% of the total views in the food category.

Edible miniature food

Miniature food can be either edible or

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