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Rethinking Ketchup Packets: New Approach to Slippery Packaging Aims to Cut Food Waste

posted by mrpg on Saturday August 04 2018, @05:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the good dept.

Fnord666 writes:

New research aims to cut down on waste -- and consumer frustration -- with a novel approach to creating super slippery industrial packaging. The study establishes a method for wicking chemically compatible vegetable oils into the surfaces of common extruded plastics, like those used for ketchup packets and other condiments.

Source: ScienceDaily

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  • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Saturday August 04 2018, @04:45PM (1 child)

    by SanityCheck (5190) on Saturday August 04 2018, @04:45PM (#717245)

    Why don't they rethink Ketchup instead.

    What they call ketchup now is more fucking corn than tomato. It's totally unpalatable to people who avoided getting their taste-buds hijacked by the sugar/corn-syrup lobby.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @08:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @08:51AM (#717459)

    Don't go up against our Sugar Lords! You'll be crushed!