DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MACHINE FOR

EDIBLE CROCKERY
Summary Edible Crockery

Edible crockery is made with dough prepared from a mixture of sorghum, rice and wheat
flours, kneaded with hot water. No preservatives, chemicals, additives, colouring agents, raising
agents, fat, trans fat, artificial chemical nutrition or animal ingredients, milk or milk products are
added. These are baked to make them crisp, hard and moisture free. These are 100% natural
products, 100% vegan, 100% degradable (if you choose not eat them).

We started with plates and would be adding spoons, forks, soup spoons, dessert spoons, yogurt
spoons and then we would start making the crockery as well. These would include small bowls,
cups, plates and even salad bowls.

Since these are made with flours, we have the advantage of adding tastes and flavors. Basically,
there would be three tastes- plain, sweet and savoury. In the sweet version, we have the choices of
making vanilla, strawberry and other flavors. In the savoury version, we have the choices of salt
and pepper combination with added spices and with no additional spices added. In the sweet
version, we would come with vanilla and strawberry flavors.

The edible cutlery are not just utility products. They are fun to use!
Market Need

The manufacturers and creators of this product in an effort to get our volumes up to compete
with plastic.

Eat your utensil and prevent waste at its source…!

Edible cutlery is made up of three major flours: rice, wheat, and sorghum. Help us change the
way we eat and think about waste, and we understand how important it is to be able to provide
delicious cutlery that can be eaten by anyone. We are already fully vegan, preservative free, trans
fat free, dairy free and operate on principals of fair trade. Our product is focused on the
following Nutritional factors:

Nutrition Facts

Our mission is to start a cutlery

revolution. Currently, more than 40
BILLION plastic utensils are used within
a year. Worldwide, this becomes a figure
at 16 times this magnitude. A majority of
these utensils are only used once and then
discarded. Plastic do not degrade quickly
and pose difficulties during recycling.

Here are the flavors we can incorporate:

Why not Plastics?

Plastic items releases harmful gases which causes pollution. It takes 450 years to dispose in the
soil, other harmful things like blockage of water death of animals, birds etc. even the process of
making plastic by industries releases heavy amount of carbon dioxide.
Plastic is quit dangerous to be used, both for food and environment, it can cause following
complications

1. Environmental Damage (Dangers Of Using Plastic Bags)

Plastic bags have been known to cause a lot of environmental damage. A single plastic
bag can take up to 1000 years, to decay completely. This makes the bags stay in environments
longer, in turn leading to great build-up on the natural landscape (much more than degradable
materials like paper). In other words, the more plastic bags you use, the greater the chances of
environmental damage.

2. Flammable
3. Cost of Recycling
4. Volume
5. Durability

Competitor analysis / Ingredients

Our ingredients are as simple with absolutely no preservatives. The lack of water, moisture, or
fat in our product allows it to have a long shelf life without the need for extra preservatives. They
include: sorghum flour, rice flour, and wheat flour. Our first offering, the edible plates and lunch
spoon, goes perfect with ice cream, yogurt, and a variety of soups. The spoon itself does not
degrade within liquids. due to the presence of a large quantity of sorghum, a hearty crop that is
strong, abundant, and requires very little energy for cultivation. That brings us to our main point
of why we have chosen to use sorghum as our primary ingredient. Compared to sugarcane and
corn, which are the major crops currently used for biodegradables, sorghum requires far fewer
nutrients and water for cultivation.

1. Ingredients of edible cutlery (Spoons etc).

Edible Cutlery. We make our cutlery with dough made from a mixture of sorghum,
rice and wheat flours, kneaded with hot water. No preservatives, chemicals, additives, coloring
agents, raising agents, fat, trans fat, artificial chemical nutrition or animal ingredients, milk or
milk products are added.

2. Ingredients of edible plates

The disposable and edible tableware are made from wheat bran, a by-product of the grain
milling process, so now you can have your cake and eat the plate too! Bran consists of
the outer layers of cereal grain, such as wheat, rye, or oat.
Comparison between Plastic Crockery and Edible Crockery

Of the energy it takes to produce 1 plastic utensil, we can produce 100 sorghum based spoons.
And in comparison to corn, we are able to produce 50. Our energy costs are minimized through a
semi-automatic process that minimizes waste and maximizes efficiency. Our low usage of water
in the production of each spoon (Less than 2% of the weight per spoon), allows our spoons to
have a very long shelf life up to 2 years while maintaining their crispness.

Financial highlight/ Investment needed

The automatic machine for making edible crockery can be designed, developed and
fabricated within 100,000 Pak Rupees.

Following are the financial highlights of the project.

 It’s a single time investment and its breakeven point is 1 year.

 It’s easy to assemble and operate.
 It’s convenient applicant.
 Time saving and user friendly.
 Can be use in various purpose.
 One of the major kitchen tool.

To be recognized as a leading distinctive brand of fresh homemade, quality of

product offered to customer for healthy, refreshing, filing and totally satisfying crockery.
Our vision is to provide a healthy, wholesome nourishing and flouring life style to the
consumers.
Management team / Advisor

List of team members and advisor.

Name Designation

Engr. Kiran Kursheed Lecturer (Food Engineering )

Rana M. Moazzam Khan Student B.Sc. (Food Engineering) 6th

Semester
M. Mokarram Khan Student B.Sc. (Food Engineering) 2nd
Semester

Conclusions
With the right story and apt marketing strategies, this product will reach its skyrocketing sales in
no time.