Edible Food Wraps Sandwiches Fresh And The Environment Cleaner

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With a new school year upon us, kids may soon have the chance to eat healthier and also help the environment, using something unique wrapped around their tuna, turkey or PB&J sandwiches. Edible vegetable and fruit wraps, among the latest developments from modern chemistry, could keep lunches fresher longer and be substituted for some non-biodegradable wraps, says the creator, food chemist Tara McHugh, Ph.D.

McHugh, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service in Albany, Calif., says the edible wraps are more environment-friendly than plastic wrap and aluminum foil. In addition to covering sandwiches, she says the new wraps can protect meat in home freezers. And they also add to a healthful diet because each wrap is equal to a serving of a fruit or a vegetable.

for more go here:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/030724083004.htm

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1. All Right!

I thought the clear cellulose bags were way cool because they kept things fresher than plastic, but this is the BOMB!