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WikiCells

Edible packaging
made from fruit – Originally conceived as an experiment, Harvard professor David Edwards’ edible packaging allows consumers to consume a wide variety of foods with less waste. The Gelatine WikiCells membrane shell is an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional plastic packaging due to its natural ingredients such as alginate and chitosan, as well as its plant-based additives. By[...]

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MILK MaterialLab WikiCell David Edwards

Mak-Pak

Packaging solution made from macroalgae – In collaboration with Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences, Mak-Pak is a two-year scientific project with the aim of developing a sustainably produced, disposable and, if possible, edible packaging solution from macroalgae. The area of application is the serving of food in the out-of-home consumption as well as in the snack segment. The packaging here[...]

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Paper water bottle
– CHOOSE is a bottle made of paper. It consists of a paper cover with a waterproof, plant-based, PET-free layer. The materials used degrade within a year instead of the hundreds of years a plastic bottle takes. The paper is made from recycled newsprint, and the labels are printed with organic ink. The metal top[...]

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Apeel

Edible protective spray for food – Californian start-up Apeel Sciences has developed an edible protective spray for fruit and vegetables made from food waste. This tasteless and low-calorie variant, due to its waterproof molecular structure, primarily serves to preserve the food, thus allowing protection from moisture and gases that continue the ripening process. The protective spray consists primarily of glycerol[...]

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SUPERHALM

Edible drinking straw – The German company Wisefood has realized the mission of a plastic-free drinking straw with its SUPERHALM. The edible SUPERHALM, made from natural ingredients, wants to put an end to the mass of disposed plastic drinking straws. Because over a billion of them are thrown away every day. In addition to fruit fibers and cereals,[...]

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MILK MaterialLab Superhalm Wisefood

Lupine Project

Material from lupins – The packaging material made from lupins was the brainchild of Icelandic designers Inga Guðlaugsdóttir and Elín Harðardóttir. By producing fiberboard from thelupine plant, which is native to Iceland, the different stages of the plant could be examined by testing the bending strength of the plant produced. Tests during the changing seasons further showed that[...]

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