A compostable film made from plant-based materials, enhanced with an active ingredient from cashew shells. Food stays noticeably fresher for longer.
Film that keeps food fresh, and returns to the soil.
Direct food contact, no worry. Vi-Kang is plant-based, no petroleum plastics, no microplastics on your plate or in the environment.
Food stays noticeably fresher for longer. Protects against drying out like conventional cling film, with an active that slows spoilage.
OK Compost Home certified. The film breaks down in home compost into humus, no industrial process needed. Upcycled cashew shells instead of burned waste.
PBAT/PLA · corn and potato starch
Polyethylene
from upcycled cashew shells
no additive
noticeably fresher for longer
protection against drying out
OK Compost Home certified
thermal recovery
fully decomposed to humus
persists as microplastic
tested & confirmed
tested
Our independent life-cycle assessment. 10 pages, EU-compliant, no marketing filter. Compared against conventional PE film, with carbon waterfall, sensitivity analysis, and regulatory fit. Read it before you take our word.
At season's end, opened shells line the roadsides. Once fuel, now the starting point of a different chain.
A gentle process extracts the plant-based active Vi-Kang and works it into our film. Fully plant-based.
The film protects like conventional cling wrap and helps food stay noticeably fresher for longer. At home and in the kitchen.
OK Compost Home certified. The film breaks down in home compost into humus. No microplastics, no industrial process needed.
At season's end, opened shells line the roadsides. Once fuel, now the starting point of a different chain.
A gentle process extracts the plant-based active Vi-Kang and works it into our film. Fully plant-based.
The film protects like conventional cling wrap and helps food stay noticeably fresher for longer. At home and in the kitchen.
OK Compost Home certified. The film breaks down in home compost into humus. No microplastics, no industrial process needed.
Cashew shells annually · mostly burned
In Vietnam, every kilo of cashew kernel leaves more than two kilos of shells behind. Until now they were burned as cheap biomass for local boilers. That releases CO₂, pollutes the air, and pays the farmers who collect them almost nothing.
A biotech team in Singapore extracts the plant-based active Vi-Kang from the shells. Farmers in Vietnam earn for what used to be ash. And in your kitchen, every roll of OKIO closes the loop.
OKIO grows out of the work of Didi Gan and Dr. Jaslyn in Singapore. Two scientists who have spent years working on the same question: how do you turn what the food industry throws away into a better material? From upcycled cashew shells they developed the plant-based active Vi-Kang, the foundation for a new generation of cling film.
Our film is enhanced with Vi-Kang, a plant-based active ingredient from upcycled cashew shells. Worked into the film material, it helps food under OKIO stay noticeably fresher for longer. We make no specific health claims while EU evaluation procedures are still in progress.
From PBAT and PLA, biodegradable bioplastics based on corn and potato starch. Vi-Kang from upcycled cashew shells is worked into the material. No petroleum-based plastics.
Just add it to your home compost. Under home compost conditions the film fully breaks down into humus in about 26 weeks, tested per OK Compost Home (TÜV Austria). Bio-waste bin is also fine if your municipality accepts bioplastics.
Yes. The film meets EU requirements for food-contact materials per regulation (EU) 10/2011. Tested for fruit, vegetables, bread, cooked food and common household uses.
Yes. We supply bulk rolls and dispenser systems to HORECA, catering and food retail. Write to Business@vi-kang.com or jump straight to the B2B section.
First batch: late summer 2026, initially through our online shop and selected organic supermarkets in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Join the notify list and you'll hear from us first.
For hospitality, catering and retail we supply OKIO as bulk rolls and in dispenser systems. Contract volumes, EU declarations of conformity and white-label options on request.
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