Secret Crystal ｜ Food Specimen

Secret crystal

You can eat the cup ramen sold at convenience stores as it is if you open the seal. While food is convenient, there may be various dangers behind it that is too convenient.

One day, I opened the bag and ate it without looking closely at the contents, and when I noticed it, I felt uncomfortable and frightened by the feeling that I ate too much with another bag, and the raw materials and food additives listed on the quality label I don't understand even if I read the description.

Even if the same material or additive is used, it is sometimes referred to as vegetable oil or fat spread like margarine, which makes it even more complicated.

The opacity of such food was made into a specimen that can be observed by pouring resin into an unopened package and enclosing it.

By enclosing the package as it is, it is a work that allows you to look at the texture and functionality of the package itself and the usual processed foods from a new angle.

NISSIN FOODS / CUP NOODLE

Year of sale / 1971

It is made so that it floats 1 to 2 cm from the bottom of the container, and the density is low toward the bottom. It can be seen that the noodles are designed so that the hot water is spread quickly and evenly throughout the noodles when hot water is poured. Less gunpowder than other commercial instant noodles A small amount is added to the bottom.

Sakuma Confectionery / Sakuma Drops

Year of sale / 1908

The content is a little more than half of the container. Thanks to this gap, you can make a characteristic sound by shaking the can.

The color of the drops inside varies depending on the can, and cans and hackers (white) with a lot of melon flavor (green) What I thought was evenly contained, such as, was found by taking it out as a sample and comparing it.

LOTTE / Bikkuriman chocolate

Year of sale / 1977

Wafer chocolate with a sticker that was predominant for a while.

Although there is a gap between the mount and the package that does not break the wafer, the essential seal is securely stored and designed so that it cannot be seen even if it is hardened and taken out.

LOTTE / Koala's March

Year of sale / 1984

The outer box of the bag is hexagonal, but the bag is designed to retain its natural cylindrical shape.

Since the strength of the bag itself is not strong in this work, reinforcement is added so that the shape of the wrinkles does not change on the outside. Resin is injected inside.

meiji / MAKADAMIA

Year of sale / 1976

You can also observe the recycling label engraved on the tray for fixing chocolate that is normally thrown away as garbage, and the device of the container such as height and width to protect the chocolate.