Wonderbag

Wonderbag

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Solution Overview & Benefits

The Wonderbag is a heat-retention cooking bag.

A Wonderbag is an insulated bag in which people can cook anything from meaty stews and vegetable curries to simple rice and soups. You kick-start the cooking process by heating your pot of food on the stove, then place it in the Wonderbag.

Wonderbag's insulating properties allow food that has been brought to the boil to finish cooking while in the bag. This greatly reduces the use of additional energy. This means families can cook hot meals while saving energy and money. It also means less time tending to the cooking food. Now time can be better spent looking after children, earning an income or doing essential chores. The slowed cooking process, combined with sealing the pot in the Wonderbag, ensures the flavours and nutrients are retained inside the pot - not evaporated into thin air.

Benefits:

  • Can reduce a family's fuel usage up to 30% - saving money and easing poverty
  • Reduces CO2 emissions
  • Reduces toxic fumes which means less respiratory problems and other diseases, particularly in children
  • Reduces accidents in the kitchen, because stoves are used less
  • Reduces time spent cooking, giving more time for child-care and other activities
  • Saves water: when the pot is insulated in a Wonderbag at a fairly constant temperature, less evaporation occurs, so less water is needed
  • Saves food: 20% of all staple food in Africa is burned, due to pots being placed on open fires and unregulated stove tops. With Wonderbag, no burning occurs.

Availability

Publicly available: yes
Countries where available: Worldwide
Price range (USD): 50 to 100 USD
Available online: yes

Additional Information

 
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