It is a spoon made from flour and is expected to help prevent environmental pollution because it can be consumed and removed. According to the recent Japanese media ‘Nishinibon Shinmun’, the Uribo Research Institute, a participatory workshop for the disabled in Shimizu-cho, Kagoshima City, unveiled an edible spoon. The spoon has already been distributed on a trial basis in stores since January. It is said to have received particularly positive responses from children and young people.
The spoon is made of flour and starch syrup, and has a texture that makes it look like chewing cookies or hard bread. Edible spoons are also an alternative to disposable plastic spoons. It can be stored for a long time, does not leave waste after use, and can be used as a reserve for disasters.
Moreover, the institute plans to make the product into space food in the future. To be selected as a space food for Japan’s space development agency JAXA, it must meet strict standards such as long-term preservation, uniformity of quality, and weight reduction, as an edible spoon meets the criteria.
Hiroshi Fujiwara, head of the Uribo Research Institute, said, “Users and employees are challenging together with the goal of sending spoons made in Kagoshima to space.”
JULIE KIM
US ASIA JOURNAL
