Description
The Abeego Beeswax Food Wrap Small Package contains six small flats (18 × 18cm), which are great for half avocados, cucumber ends and wrapping up cookies for afternoon snacks.
What is Abeego?
Abeego is brand name of a reusable beeswax wrap that is breathable and protects food from air and moisture. A wrap that is made with 100% natural cloth and is treated with beeswax to give it anti-bacterial properties, and which can be composted as normal green waste. All towels in the Abeego Beeswax Food Wrap Small Package are made with beeswax, tree resin, organic jojoba oil infused into a hemp and organic cotton cloth.
How to use Abeego
Abeego is self-adhesive. You don’t have to wet it. The combination of beeswax, tree resin and jojoba oil that coats the hemp and cotton fabric is very malleable at room temperature. It can adhere to virtually any solid food or container, so there is no need to wet it before you use it. Out of the package, your Abeego is ready to go.
In the fridge, your Abeego becomes stiff and holds its new shape. A return to room temperature will soon soften it.
How to care for your Abeego
A little love will ensure a lasting relationship with your Abeego. With proper care, you can expect your Abeego to last over a year.
Hand-wash Abeego in COLD water and eco-friendly dish soap. Biodegradable, alcohol-free soap is the best.
In COLD water the beeswax coating will be stiff, providing a stable surface to clean. Abeego washes like a plate, not a piece of fabric. It can handle a light scrub with a gentle dishcloth or sponge.
For a heavily soiled Abeego or if you have many to wash, run a bit of COLD water in your sink, add soap and immerse your Abeegos. Wash them like regular dishes. Do not let them soak for a prolonged period of time.
Dry your freshly washed Abeego with a towel for immediate use or place over a dish rack. Do not wring.
Tree resin and beeswax are soluble in alcohol. Check the ingredient list of your dish soap. If alcohol is in the first 5 ingredients it is too harsh for Abeego. If there are no ingredients listed and the manufacturer will not disclose them, consider replacing the soap with a suitable option.
Stains and creases are normal
All materials used are natural so deeply pigmented foods may contribute to the personality of your Abeego. You can minimize staining by rinsing Abeego in cold water shortly after food has been removed. Avoid prolonged contact with oily or greasy foods.
A word about heat
Abeego is not suitable for the dishwasher, microwave oven, direct heat or high temperatures. Allow food to cool slightly before covering and avoid placing hot food directly on your Abeego. Keep away from all sources of heat and open flame.
Cutting your Abeego
Is is recommended to resist the temptation to cut your the towels in the Abeego Beeswax Food Wrap Small Package unless you really need to. Abeego is most functional in its full size. You can always over-wrap an item. It is your old relationship with plastic wrap that makes you think you have to cut your Abeego to fit the exact item you are storing. You are going to have your Abeego for a long time so keeping it in its full size will let you use it over and over on many sizes and shapes. If you do decide it must be cut use a rotary blade or very sharp scissors to create a clean cut. Abeego is fabric and the edges are not finished. The wax coating holds all the fibers of the fabric together. Over time you may notice little frays around the edges. Trim them up with a rotary blade or sharp scissors.
Abeego and Sustainability
Abeego Beeswax Food Wrap Small Package is all natural. Every ingredient used comes from the earth and will return to it without a trace.
Abeego is zero waste. “Waste” is actually a resource. From day one Abeego has adopted a waste free commitment to make amazing twist ties and fire starters with the excess.
Abeego lasts. Planned obsolesce should be obsolete. Beeswax is valuable so, Abeego is made durable. You’ll add to your collection before replacing tired wraps.
Abeego uses minimal energy to produce. Primarily people powered, except the producer’s awesome waxing machine that has tripled their output using the same amount of energy.
