Imagine buying a snack, but instead of opening the plastic wrap around it, you can just bite into the snack and its packaging altogether. Yum, am I right? Probably not, at least not yet. Scientists and researchers think they have found a solution to improving spoilage of food and plastic pollution. Not to mention the fact it will be edible. As of now, there isn't much taste to the packaging, but researchers believe they can include flavorings and even vitamin and nutrient additives. The packaging is made out of a milk protein. Pretty much what industrialized "cheese" is made from. Is it safe? Apparently. But so is every other industrialized food product. There would be good coming from this other than being able to eat the package. Plastic pollution is huge and causes many problems on our planet. I walk by a pond every day outside where I live and there is always a new piece of plastic floating along. Making more packaging that is biodegradable and better for the environment is always an improvement. As for the spoiling of foods, that can be debated upon. Should we be manipulating foods even more so they last longer? Or should we respect the natural biological processes that foods have of spoiling? Too late for that, so it can't be much worse to have our cheese and meat last even longer, right? One other use for this milk protein could be as a spray for coating certain foods. Cereal would last longer in milk without getting soggy, and the spray would reduce the amount of sugar that is currently coated on. This new idea is being prototyped somewhere in Texas and with more tests and improvements you might be seeing edible packaging in the years to come. Click here for full article
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