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

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

• (i) providing a profiling bottom having 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 which 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 to form a stack of undulating layers;
• and
• (iii) slicing the stack through upper and lower planes oriented perpendicular to the stacking direction to remove respective upper and lower segments of the stack from a retained central segment comprising a plurality of said layers, a distance between said planes corresponding to a thickness of the analog to be formed, thereby exposing at least one of corresponding upper and lower surfaces of the fish analog product showing at least three of said plurality of layers and two curved contour lines radiating between them.