Ever thought of edible cutlery?
Narayana Peesapaty the founder and directing manager of Bakey's, an Indian cutlery company, has a possible solution—spoons and forks you can eat.
Bakeys launched the world’s first edible cutlery line made of three flours: rice, wheat, and sorghum (Jowar). We all support to change the way we eat and think about waste!
BAKEYS’ was established in 2010 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to provide an alternative to plastic disposable cutlery and the bamboo disposable chopsticks.
The ingredients are as simple with absolutely no preservatives. The lack of water, moisture, or fat in the product allows it to have a long shelf life without the need for extra preservatives. They include: sorghum (Jowar) flour, rice flour, and wheat flour. However, because they knead dough through a certain method, the final product contains less than 10 ppm in gluten. Though they are not yet certified gluten free, but they are working on it, and their ultimate goal is to create a formulation that requires absolutely no wheat.
Their first launch, the edible lunch spoon, goes perfect with ice cream, yogurt, and a variety of soups. The spoon itself does not degrade within liquids due to the presence of a large quantity of sorghum, a hearty crop that is strong, abundant, and requires very little energy for cultivation.
The spoons and chopsticks do not get soggy if placed in water and food. They only soften after some time (10-15 minutes), and thus can be eaten easily at the end of the meal. Even if discarded, they decompose within five to six days, if not eaten by insects or rodents.
The idea about how to make the cutlery struck Narayana during a flight from Ahmedabad to Hyderabad when he saw a passenger using a piece of Gujarati khakra as a spoon to eat dessert.
100% ORGANIC FLAVOURED SPOONS
The recent innovation of edible cutlery—which can be consumed after finishing one’s meal—has come as a relief to many of us, and one young man from Gujarat has not only found a way to reduce our plastic burden through edible spoons, but apparently, these can be relished in eight amazing flavours!
Giving one the opportunity to choose among eight unique flavours including beetroot, spinach, chocolate, masala, black pepper, mint, ajwain (carom seeds), and plain, Kruvil believes that this will help in catering the diversity of people with far-ranging taste preferences.
The start-up even gives one the opportunity of customising the spoons as per the size, shape, and taste.
The cost of a single spoon ranges from ₹3 to ₹6, depending on quantity and flavour. While a plain-flavoured spoon is priced at ₹3 per piece with an order quantity of over 5,000 pieces, a chocolate spoon is sold at ₹4.5 per piece.
After much research, finally the developed designs of the product is here, use it and enhance it so that you feel comfortable in all aspects of using cutlery.
- Sakshi Verma
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