Picture the scene. You're at a party, drinking a cocktail. Once you've sipped, you eat the glass. Sounds a little on the wild side, but this is the image Loliware wants us to play in our heads.
The US start-up founded by Chelsea Briganti and Leigh Ann Tucker, who trained as product designers, has launched a "biodegredible" – biodegradable and edible – cup. Frustrated by the amount of disposable packaging discarded at events, the pair spent some time experimenting in a lab with several materials. They were looking for one that would allow them to create a cup that looks like a glass and also tastes good (the current flavour on offer is pink grapefruit and yuzu). They settled on agar, a seaweed-based gel.
Eating what your food and drink comes in isn't a new concept. Companies and chefs have been playing with the idea for some time. A decade ago, the Australian company Plantic designed a bioplastic made from corn starch and coloured with plant-based dyes, although apparently it tasted like stale bread. In 2012, Leicester-based Pepceuticals won a £1.3m European research contract to develop an edible coating for fresh meat, designed to improve shelf life as well as reduce waste. And Heston Blumenthal likes to wrap his salted-butter caramels in edible cellophane.
Picture the scene. You're at a party, drinking a cocktail. Once you've sipped, you eat the glass. Sounds a little on the wild side, but this is the image Loliware wants us to play in our heads.The US start-up founded by Chelsea Briganti and Leigh Ann Tucker, who trained as product designers, has launched a "biodegredible" – biodegradable and edible – cup. Frustrated by the amount of disposable packaging discarded at events, the pair spent some time experimenting in a lab with several materials. They were looking for one that would allow them to create a cup that looks like a glass and also tastes good (the current flavour on offer is pink grapefruit and yuzu). They settled on agar, a seaweed-based gel.Eating what your food and drink comes in isn't a new concept. Companies and chefs have been playing with the idea for some time. A decade ago, the Australian company Plantic designed a bioplastic made from corn starch and coloured with plant-based dyes, although apparently it tasted like stale bread. In 2012, Leicester-based Pepceuticals won a £1.3m European research contract to develop an edible coating for fresh meat, designed to improve shelf life as well as reduce waste. And Heston Blumenthal likes to wrap his salted-butter caramels in edible cellophane.
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