Comments on: Edible Packaging

By: lorna

lorna — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:20:13 +0000

no.this is silly. i think the only edible packaging that has been around for a while and will work is pastry and such on sausage rolls etc. silly silly people

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 02:00:23 +0000

My friend was telling me that they don’t really have this thing on the market yet, or it’s not as popular
as they expected. If it got used in the fast food industry, that would be awesome! Think of all the packaging
especially that goes into the fast food industry, and it would make that sector “healthier”. Apparently in Denmark
there is a company that uses edible packaging in the packaging of dogfood…something Canada and the US should
look into…but the other question is, how much energy goes into the production of this packaging, is it less than
the packaging today?

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:57:24 +0000

This would be ideal for junk food snacks that have no nutrients anyway. You could have a snack that was all packaging, with lables and ads in layers all the way to the center. The final triumph of style over substance.

As for decaying in a landfill, my understanding is that nothing decays in a landfill, not even food, since it is anoxic.

By: sieber

sieber — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:37:39 +0000

I have an idea. GMO edible packaging! That way we can engineer all the nutrition we want into the packaging!

By: sieber

sieber — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:36:29 +0000

Very interesting. Any indication if the primary idea is that a. humans will eat it; b. animals will eat it; or c. it will degrade?

Another question is whether this stuff will degrade in a sanitary landfill?