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Would You Eat an Edible Fork?

Petroleum-based plastics take up about 25 percent of the volume of landfills.
Petroleum-based plastics take up about 25 percent of the volume of landfills.

Add a little extra crunch to your meal by eating your cutlery! Sound crazy? Maybe not. A company in India, called Bakey’s, has developed edible cutlery to help reduce environmental waste.

The edible cutlery is made of a mix of sorghum, rice, and wheat flours. Flavors can be added, such as onion, tomato, garlic, and ginger. They are baked until dry but are not so hard they cannot be chewed. The unflavored cutlery does not dominate the flavors of the meal. They also hold up to liquids because of the high sorghum content. If eating them is not an option, they will degrade safely in any outside environment.

By eating the cutlery, the added benefit is nutrition. They contain fiber, iron, protein, calcium, folic acid and B vitamins.

Currently, edible cutlery is in the initial stages of production.

Learn more at www.bakeys.com/.

 

 

 

About Karen Blakeslee

The Rapid Response Center was formed in 1995 as a resource for Kansas State University Research & Extension Agents. Resource topics included Food Science, Human Nutrition, Food Service, Textiles, Home Care and other consumer topics. Since that time, the Center has grown to be of valuable assistance to Kansas State University Extension Specialists in those areas.

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