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The seaweed revolution
How Notpla ’ s innovative products are replacing single use plastics across a range of applications
Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that offers alternatives to single use plastics . Co-Founder and Co-CEO , Pierre Paslier outlines the company ’ s inception : “ It all began at Imperial College , where my Co- Founder Rodrigo and I were really interested in creating packaging that feels a bit more like fruits and fruit peels . In our student kitchen we came up with a concept for edible packaging that could be used for consuming water or other drinks . The idea was that you could eat the packaging , so it would be made from something as natural as the peel of a tomato or an apple . We called this product Ooho .” Later this year Notpla will be launching an energy gel product which will replace sachets , bringing this vision to life .
“ The starting point and key material was seaweed ,” continues Pierre . “ It was used to make fake caviar , and we took that underlying technology and began experimenting , making extract from brown seaweeds . This gave us a starting point to transition from a food science solution to a food packaging solution . As this progressed , we developed new formulations and new machinery to continue evolving the process .
“ From there we realized the enormous potential of seaweed . It can grow extremely
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