The end of plastic mineral water bottles? Engineers invent edible mineral water bottles

Ooho is an edible water bottle first invented by three engineers in London in 2014 It is made of seaweed extract and can pack 250ml of water inside The cost is only 2 cents At present, it is raising funds to be put into the market Pierre paslier, Guillaume couche, Rodrigo Garc í a Gonz á lez, a three person design team from London, UK, said they hoped that this new way of water filling could replace the seriously polluted plastic bottled water, and their mission was to eliminate packaging pollution Ooho can hold soda, wine, even cosmetics and other liquids The outer skin of ooho is double-layer, so that the outermost layer can be uncovered when eating, and only the clean part inside can be eaten If you don't want to eat it, you can throw it away directly Its material is completely degradable Ooho sphere is a new technology to wrap water in edible seaweed film Making use of the technology of surface gelatinization and making gelation technology for cooking, the water is skillfully wrapped in double-layer films Sodium alginate and calcium chloride were extracted from brown algae and mixed in a fixed proportion to produce gelation outside the water body Before the final "recipe" of ooho was determined, the inventors tried to use various spheroidizing techniques with different ingredients and proportions The film has the advantages of simple fabrication, low price, compression and wear resistance, degradability and direct edible The double-layer membrane structure can not only ensure the sanitation of the internal drinking water, but also reserve a proper position for the identification label If the identification label is sandwiched between the two layers of membrane, there is no need to use glue, or it can be made of edible rice paper Another innovation of the technology is to freeze the water into solid ice before encapsulating it, so that it can be made into larger water balls and keep calcium and algae materials locked in the film Although only some large companies can realize this packaging technology at present, ooho continues to improve the film "formula", hoping that everyone can complete the packaging of drinking water technology at home, from DIY (do it yourself) to ciy (do it yourself) The team is currently planning to raise US $500000 (£ 400000) to bring its products to market at an uncertain retail price The team hopes to start selling the product at festivals and marathons within 12 months.