装饮料的容器 英国公司发明出可以吃的饮料容器

英国公司发明出可以吃的饮料容器  

Runners in a half-marathon in London on March 1 might be a little confused at the water stations
where instead of getting water in a plastic cup or bottle
they'll be handed an edible water-filled pod.
The package
which is also postable
is made from seaweed and plant extracts. You simply bite the corner off and drink.
"What we want to do is have a bulletproof solution—regardless of where it ends up
our packaging will not create negative consequences
" says Pierre-Yves Paslier
cofounder of Notpla
the startup that makes the packaging. "If nature can deal with it if it ends up in the wrong place
that's the ultimate kind of protection."
生产这种包装的是一家初创公司Notpla(替代包装专家)，该公司联合创始人皮埃尔-伊夫·帕索耶表示，“我们想要提供的是一种无懈可击的方案，也就是说，不论我们的包装最终到了哪里，它都不会带来负面影响。如果它最终被丢到了错误的场所，大自然也可以把它处理掉，这就是最终的保护措施。”
Paslier
a former packaging engineer at L'Oréal
began working on the concept along with designer Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez in 2013 while they were studying innovation design engineering at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. Seven years later
it's no longer a student project but a viable business. After raising more than $1 million in a crowdfunding campaign last year
the pany has just raised its first VC-backed "seed plus" round of more than $5 million.
The designers used a technique from molecular gastronomy to create the package—if you dip a sphere of ice in a mixture of calcium chloride and brown algae extract
an edible membrane forms around the ice
holding everything in place as the ice melts back to room temperature.
A small version of the package is designed to break open inside your mouth. "It's a bit like a cherry tomato
" says Paslier. "You put it in your cheek and bite on it. It explodes
so it's quite a surprising experience."
The startup partnered with the Scottish whisky brand Glenlivet last year to make a "glassless cocktail" capsule that customers can imbibe along with whisky. The seaweed coating
which is tasteless
can either be eaten or posted.