Sustainable cutlery with taste: The company from Göttingen develops edible spoons

Cutlery with taste: The company Kulero from Göttingen has already sold over a million edible spoons in various flavors.

• Göttingen start-up company produces edible spoons in different flavors
• The young entrepreneurs have already sold over a million  "edible tablespoons"
• The idea for making cutlery from bread came to the makers at a festival

Edible cutlery from Göttingen: idea came at festival in India

It all started with the idea of making cutlery from bread , which leaves no garbage . Kulero founding member Hemant Chawla had this idea at a festival six years ago in his native  India . 

There the 24-year-old became aware of all the plastic waste . In June 2019 he finally founded Kulero GmbH  in Göttingen with his good friend Kruvil Patel, who now takes care of the local production .

It takes up to 400 years for plastic cutlery to dissolve. Kulero , which means "spoon" in Esperanto, has declared war on plastic waste - with sustainable, edible spoons in different flavors. 

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The edible cutlery from  the company from Göttingen is made from different types of flour, salt and water. Depending on the taste, cocoa, anise, mint or pepper are added. All ingredients are natural, the edible spoons do not contain any preservatives or artificial flavors. 

Edible spoons in different flavors: The Göttingen company Kulero has already sold over a million of these spoons.

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The resource-saving production is also social and climate-neutral, the makers from Göttingen promise on their website. In addition, all Kulero products are vegan and lactose-free and contain no animal ingredients.

The dough of the edible spoons is pressed and baked. However, the spoons give off no taste when eating: "Our spoons last up to 60 minutes when cold and up to 25 minutes when hot," says Hemant Chawla in an FFH interview. With their smooth surface and a thickness of 3 millimeters, the edible spoons are very user-friendly.

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We responded to your request to expand our online shop! Private individuals can also order our spoons. You can nibble yourself through different flavors - such as here with the varieties Black Pepper, Classic and Cocoa Delight! Sustainability is of course our top priority when it comes to packaging and shipping spoons as well. That is why all products are sent in a climate-friendly way via DHL's GoGreen environmental protection program. At the moment you even get a 10% discount on your order, so get to the spoon! #kulero #essbareloeffel #ververputz # environmental friendly #sustainability #zerowaste #plasticfree #savetheplanet #besteck #vegan #food #sustainablerevolution

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Edible cutlery from Göttingen: crowdfunding campaign and founder award

After the foundation in June 2019, the initiators started a crowdfunding campaign in October 2019 . More than 700 people supported the young entrepreneurs with the idea of edible cutlery . This ultimately enabled the first delivery to be financed. 

At the end of last year, Kulero GmbH also received the founder award * for its future-proof product. This is awarded twice a year by the Society for Economic Development and Urban Development in Göttingen and the Economic Development Region in Göttingen in cooperation with Faktor-Magazin to start-up companies.

Edible cutlery from Göttingen: Over a million spoons sold

So far, the young entrepreneurs from Göttingen have been able to encourage numerous people to question their consumption behavior and replace over a million plastic spoons with the edible alternative. 

If you feel like simply eating your spoon after use, you can order the edible spoons with your personal favorite taste online on the homepage of Kulero GmbH  from Göttingen.

It is only important to really eat the spoons to avoid garbage . However, if you have had enough to eat before: The correct disposal of the edible spoon takes place via the organic bin.

Video: So you can make edible dishes yourself at home

By Helena Gries

Various Göttingen ice cream parlors have recently started offering conventional plastic spoons as well as the sustainable and edible spoons from the Göttingen start-up Kulero *. The customer can choose between the two variants.

Spoon the soup and then plaster the cutlery? This is now possible with the so-called spoons from the Göttingen start-up company "Kulero" *. You can read about the beginnings of the company in the HNA * article.

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.