incrEDIBLE

IncrEdible is a brand of edible spoons manufactured and sold by Planeteer LLC, a startup based in California, USA. The FDA-approved spoons come in eight flavors and are available in the US and Europe.

Plastic spoons in the food services industry are used just once and end up in landfills and oceans as non-biodegradable waste.

IncrEdible spoons can be eaten and do not create any waste. They are made from natural ingredients such as wheat flour, oat flour, barley flour, corn flour, chickpea, soy flour and water. The ingredients do not contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

The spoons are available in table size and dessert size, and stay firm for 25 minutes in hot soup and for 45 minutes in cold desserts. They have a shelf life of one year in low-humidity conditions.

The company has sold one million spoons since sales launched in February 2019. The spoons are available in stores in the states of California, New York, Colorado, Mississippi, Hawaii, and in Canada. They are sold as an add-on in over 30 dessert and soup shops and the company is working to introduce the spoons in ice cream shops of three large corporations in the United States. The factory is based India and the company is innovating in new machinery that is 90% automated to reduce the costs, in order to be able to start selling across the world. Planteer plants 250 trees for every 100,000 spoons sold to compensate the CO2 offset due to freight and shipping.

The spoons are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and comply with World Health Organisation’s Good Manufacturing Practices. 

The company has won awards at the 2019 SKS Startup competition and the 2020 Front Burner Foodservice Pitch competition.

Planeteer plans to add new flavours, make edible straws and coffee stirrers, and develop a gluten-free recipe. The company is evaluating options to expand to other countries and invest about USD 1 million in automating manufacturing facilities.