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Are You Ready to Eat the Packaging of Your Food Items?

From Ahlam Rais 5 min Reading Time

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Maybe not but what if the packaging of your food items is completely edible and nutritious? As the demand for single-use plastics is dwindling across the globe, the demand for eco-friendly and sustainable packaging is on the rise and this market trend has led to the emergence of edible food and beverage packaging. In fact, numerous start-ups as well as some of the biggest names in the food industry are not only exploring but also developing various edible food and beverage packaging options for different kinds of consumable items.

An edible food wrap made from seaweed.(Source: ©  Warittha - stock.adobe.com)
An edible food wrap made from seaweed.
(Source: © Warittha - stock.adobe.com)

Plastics are a menace to the environment and we need to get rid of it at the earliest but is this possible? Single-use plastics are banned in quite a few countries while some other nations have imposed taxes or fees on it but much more needs to be done if we want to discontinue using plastics altogether. This is where innovative solutions have come in especially in the area of food and beverage packaging.

Using less plastic for food packaging