LiquiGlide: A coating to help that ketchup slide out
Dave Smith, a former MIT graduate student, along with his then professor, Kripa Varanasi, came up with a neat solution: a surface coating that can be applied to the inside of the bottle to make the inside slippery, so the ketchup slides out easily.

Virat Markandeya
- Jul 1, 2014,
- Updated Jul 1, 2014 6:25 PM IST

It almost feels like a responsibility to take this to India: Kripa Varanasi, Chief Science Advisor/LiquiGlide
"We are really hoping to get into the Indian market," says Varanasi, adding that it feels like a responsibility to take this to India in order to prevent food wastage. Once we get a few things out, there will be more excitement, he adds.
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It almost feels like a responsibility to take this to India: Kripa Varanasi, Chief Science Advisor/LiquiGlide
"We are really hoping to get into the Indian market," says Varanasi, adding that it feels like a responsibility to take this to India in order to prevent food wastage. Once we get a few things out, there will be more excitement, he adds.
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