Fish analog product, method of forming same and associated system and mold

A method of forming a fish analog product which is an analog to a target fish from layers of plant-based material stacked on one another, the method comprising:

• (i) providing a molding assembly having opposed sidewalls and a profiling bottom that has an undulating upper surface that corresponds to that of a naturally occurring myomere of the target fish, said profiling bottom having a lengthwise cross section with an upper undulating edge associated with said upper surface, with at least one peak and at least one trough defined along the upper undulating edge, at least one of the at least one peak or the at least one trough being spaced apart from an end of said edge;
• (ii) successively stacking layers of plant-based material on one another in a stacking direction on the undulating upper surface of the profiling bottom and within the opposed sidewalls to form a stack of undulating layers having undulating upper surfaces;
• (iii) slicing a first slice through the stack at a distance above the profiling bottom in a first slicing direction below the sidewalls, the first slicing direction being angled relative to the stacking direction, wherein the first slice defines one of an upper surface or a lower surface of the fish analog product;
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• (iv) slicing a second slice through the same stack in a second slicing direction above the sidewalls, wherein the second slice defines the other of the upper surface or lower surface of the fish analog product,
• wherein the upper and lower surfaces of the fish analog product show at least two curved contour lines that are continuous from at least one side of a central segment and at least one of the upper or lower surfaces of the fish analog product.