How to Get Ketchup Out of the Bottle?

Cinzia Cuneo 18 giugno, 2012 mangiare sano

Do you have a secret trick to get those last globs of ketchup out of the bottle?

Whether you violently shake the bottle or have a more elegant method, this may soon be a thing of the past. Why? Thanks to LiquiGuide, a new “super slippery” coating, developed by a group of MIT engineers. It is made up of nontoxic materials that can be applied to all sorts of food packaging.

Watch what happens when you pour ketchup out of a LiquiGlide-coated bottle:

Compare with this video: here’s exactly the same ketchup coming out of a regular bottle.

This team of engineers came in second place in MIT’s $100k Entrepreneurship Competition, just a few weeks ago. The biggest payday, however, will come if they actually sell the invention to companies that make sauces, a market that is worth $17 billion.

Maybe some big companies will bite 😉

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Cinzia Cuneo

Italiana di nascita e canadese d'adozione, Cinzia ha deciso di coniugare le sue competenze professionali e la sua passione per la buona tavola sviluppando un servizio per aiutare i numerosi «aventi bisogno» a riprendere il controllo della loro alimentazione. Così è nata SOSCuisine. Ingegnere di formazione al Politecnico di Torino, Cinzia ha conseguito un Master's Degree in scienze applicate all'École Polytechnique de Montréal.