Forget Recycling: Here Comes Edible Packaging! (tomato, bread, soup, consumers)

[elnina]

Two companies strive to convince consumers they can eat the packaging, too
Monosol and WikiCells, will soon start marketing edible packaging.
Example: You drop a package of hot chocolate into water, and as the packaging opens the drink is made. Up float bits of plastic looking material that then melt into nothing, becoming part of the drink.
Or tomato membrane containing gazpacho soup that can be poured over bread, an orange membrane filled with orange juice that you can drink with a straw.
Would be willing to nibble on on the product packaging. If not, what would you need to feel comfortable doing so? ???

Are edible wrappers the next big thing? - 2012-03-12 01:10:33 | Packaging Digest

[jtur88]

I'm assuming that a bunch of the edible-wrapped packages come in a larger package that is not edible. Who would eat an edible package that was exposed on the shelf, not inside another package? So, why not just get a spoon out of the drawer, scoop it into the big can of cocoa, and put that in your hot water? It's amazing the lengths and expenses that people will go to in order to skip the step of measuring a spoonful of cocoa.

[Bulldogdad]

About 35 years to late.

"Candypants"

[Hesky]

I agree with jtur88, how do you keep it sanitary? You still need to transport it, and it will change hands many, many times before getting to the final consumer.