Rethinking ketchup packets: New approach to slippery packaging aims to cut food waste

(Virginia Tech) New research from Virginia Tech aims to cut down on waste -- and consumer frustration -- with a novel approach to creating super slippery industrial packaging. The study, which has yielded a provisional patent, 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: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news