EDIBLE ‘SANDWICH’ WRAPPING
October 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
SCIENTISTS at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a flexible paper-thin food wrapping made entirely of vegetables and fruits. Tara McHugh, a scientist in the processed foods research unit at the USDA's Western Regional Research Center, said that the ecology-friendly wraps would not only reduce synthetic waste but effectively cover and preserve products such as sandwiches. They could also be sold as separately; for instance, a tomato wrap stretched over leftover pasta could melt into the pasta when heated and apple film could ...
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