Comments on: Laser etching fruit

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:36:51 +0000

I think it would be better to use an electrically heated branding iron. It could even be made from a soldiering iron tip. (I think)

By: Legato

Legato — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:18:08 +0000

The sticker is called a PLU.

By: SoulSalmon

SoulSalmon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:48:29 +0000

Huh?
I find the stickers come off easily, maybe the American stickers are just cheap then :P

By: TalkingJazz

TalkingJazz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:39:45 +0000

I seem to remember recently Kellogs had trialled branding their cornflakes with their logo.

Personally, i’m not in favor of this (but i do think it’s cool). A lot of fruit is hand picked and packaged. Lasering fruit would involve much more machine-handling would it not? and much more handling in general before being packaged?

I love my fruit stickers! but do i love lasers more…?

By: JavaNut13

JavaNut13 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:42:37 +0000

IT IS NOT USED IN NZ!!!
It was used for about a month, and then it was dropped. I only ever saw one apple with the name engraved on the side.

By: mars

mars — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:33:17 +0000

WHAT AN EXCELLENT HACK YOU HAVE HERE SIRS.

By: _matt

_matt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:12:00 +0000

Paintballs are also safe to eat, but I don’t like eating those either.

I approve, although the apple thing does bring up a good point.

If the skin isn’t normally eaten, it should be etched, otherwise etching of others is optional.

By: happy gilmore

happy gilmore — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:34 +0000

what’s wrong w/the stickers? both the sticker, ink, and adhesive are safe to eat.

By: tantris

tantris — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:10:35 +0000

@hyperjer:
no,no,no. much better: imagine rounding up cattle for branding, each cowboy equipped with a shoulder mounted co2-laser.
but as for apples: id’like to eat the skin -unbranded.

By: eric archer

eric archer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:59:09 +0000

I’d personally miss the stick-on fruit labels. I’ve collected them for years; my microwave oven is completely covered with veggie stickers. Now I’m working on filling up other surfaces. Its kind of like looking into the past… a big cluster of mango stickers (yum) brings back memories of summer.

By: kiwi

kiwi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:43:42 +0000

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10352393

By: kiwi

kiwi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:40:11 +0000

Yeah this was trialed in New Zealand about a year ago and people didn’t like it for all sorts of reasons so we went back to the crappy stickers. I quite liked the laser engraving personally.

By: rasz

rasz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:37:18 +0000

that means a flood of cheap affordable portable laser etchers form China – awesome!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:37:17 +0000

Looks pretty cool, but I wonder if you could do barcodes with it, since stickers are sometimes used for that.

By: hyperjer

hyperjer — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:01:23 +0000

how long till we see hamburger buns burned with lasers with the McDonalds Logo lol