Trishula India

Trishula is an Indian startup that manufactures edible and biodegradable cutlery. The spoons come in a variety of spices and flavours.

Trishula's founder Kruvil Patel had noticed as a college student the large number of plastic spoons that were disposed of every day in the institute cafeteria. He then discovered that edible cutlery was available. But when he ordered some, he found the cutlery lacked taste, which led him to the idea of adding spices and flavours.

Trishula spoons are made using multigrain flour bran, salt and water and do not contain sugar, preservatives or artificial substances. They come in a variety of flavours, such as pepper, mint, beetroot, spinach and chocolate. Trishula currently sells dessert spoons, tablespoons and soup spoons, and plans to expand into other forms of cutlery.

The spoons are available through a distributor in Mumbai as also from the company's website, which accepts orders for up to 5,000 units for each spoon type. The spoons are available for under Rs 10 each.

The startup claims to have clients in India, Germany, South Africa, Australia, South Korea, and other countries and has sold over 50,000 spoons already. Its spoons are available in hotels such as the Imperial Hotel, Hotel Le Grande and Regal Enclave.

The firm is setting up a manufacturing unit that can produce 5,000 spoons in an hour.