Symbio – Edible packaging

Graduation project

Examiner & opponent – Eric Ericsson

2016

In my thesis I researched the interaction between food packaging and innovation. I came to the conclusion that there is an imbalance in the relationship between a package, it's content and the actual usage time.

Check out the short teaser here.

Why does it take 500 years for a plastic packaging to decompose in nature when its content becomes old after a few weeks?
A package that is also being used for only ten minutes or so.
I decided to make disposable packaging that has the same short lifespan as its content. Just imagine if there were packaging that could disappear when the product is eaten? Or what if you could eat both the product and packaging?
The project resulted in the brand Symbio. Symbio is selling take-away food in edible and biodegradable packaging.

Eat your algea-packaging and contribute to less food waste and at the same time you eat essential vitamins and minerals. Put a straw directly through the juice container and dispose it in nature when you're done. It then decomposes in two weeks with flower seeds that germinate at the site. Or why not eat the lemon cover along with your Skagen-sandwich?

Symbio is suitable for festivals, food trucks, parks or why not a to-go store.