Early Access Newsletter

Early Access: Tastee Tape

The next generation of food packaging technology is here, and it's edible. Pre-seed allocation open now.

Date

01/19/2026

Author

Team Coeus

Most people do not think twice about the film wrapped around their food. It is thin, clear, disposable, and everywhere. And that is precisely the problem.

Plastic food packaging has become the default not because it is ideal, but because it is easy. It seals well, it is cheap, and it fits existing waste systems. But the health and environmental costs that were historically treated as externalities (the microplastic crisis, for example) are now becoming impossible to ignore.

For food businesses, the challenge is unforgiving. Packaging has to preserve freshness, withstand heat and moisture, meet safety standards, and move seamlessly through production lines. Many alternatives promise sustainability, but fail on performance or price.

This is where Tastee Tape steps in.

Tastee Tape has developed a biodegradable adhesive food-wrapping film made from food safe, GRAS-certified ingredients that behaves like plastic where it matters. It can be transparent. It can be heat sealable. And most importantly, it can protect food without introducing harmful chemicals.

What makes this especially compelling is not just the material, but rather the restraint. Tastee Tape is not asking food operators to reinvent how they package products. It is designed to work inside the systems that already exist.

As regulations tighten and consumers demand safer materials, packaging that feels invisible in use but meaningful in impact will define the next shift. Tastee Tape is aiming to be that quiet replacement.

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