Tapipoon: innovating tapioca as an edible cutlery

Ever since the realization of the fact that plastic products can pollute our environment, many parties have stepped in to help reduce the usage of it. This innovation comes to light when our group is tasked by our lecturer to propose a product of our choice to be innovated. A compilation of research papers done by various constitutions worldwide about tapioca is used to assist our research better. We also prepared a survey for the public to survey their opinions regarding the compatibility of tapioca as cutlery. We then proceeded to survey some villages around Sarawak which provide high quality tapioca, theoretically formulate the ratio of ingredients used to make the cutlery and collecting data on potential market impact and other related information. To assist our project development as well, we also conducted interviews with the public, and discovered that our product has potential to be alongside its eco-friendly counterparts such as paper and rice straws. We strongly believe that our product has a potential to be commercialized domestically in the future, with improvements on our product’s quality to be done frequently.