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Jan 7, 2011

Never Worry About Expired Food Again

Developed by British professor Andrew Mills, this bag stores food and reacts to changes in the food chemicals or the oxygen levels inside the bag. When the those changes reach a certain point, the bag changes color. And if you have yet to open the food in question, it will also change color if its seal has been broken.

The UK government says its citizens waste over 400,000 tons of food a year, nearly 40,000 tons of which was never opened. They estimate this bag could help reduce waste by 8.3 tons in the UK.

17 comments:

Pawawanpi said...

This honestly sounds like an amazing product that I hope we'll get soon. We as people do end up wasting a lot so if there's a way to help us not waste food I am all for it.

Calamari said...

Not sure if it could work, people are just lazy. You know, they'll just leave something in the fridge and forget about it. They don't mind throwing it out and buying something else. Maybe I'm just being pessimistic, we'll see!

BTN Hip Hop said...

pretty sweet, hella expensive to implement that in all products

Bart said...

omg is that some delisicious bacon? with twinkie?

Zombie said...

welcome to the delicious future everyone!

Skimbosh said...

I dunno, I think I will still worry...

Mister Sharaf said...

useful

dmayne said...

sounds like a great idea really

Yeneeko said...

It'll work, but still... The numbers are still insanely low for actually reducing wasted food. 8.2 Tons compaired to 400? Eh, we'll see.

Anonymous said...

It would help the world be a greener place if this was everywhere :D

Josh Simmons said...

That's kinda neat! I can't smell the difference between spoiled and okay food so that would be very helpful.

p said...

awsome! ill follow your blog

_b72 said...

A great inventions for people who doesn't eat a lot, like me.
I rarely manage to eat food before its expiration.

Unknown said...

Bart...U say Twinkies and Bacon....They should have that on the market :)

SuciƓ Sanchez said...

8.3t ?

JayPower said...

Must be very expensive to produce?

G345t said...

I as a poor person often eat food past the expiration date. Not because it's bad, but because I don't trust the date. Will this colour thing accurately tell when its not edible or rather when a time limits expired?