LiquiGlide, a Container Coating to Ease Ketchup's Flow

Preventing that slow ketchup thing

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By Olga Kharif

January 17, 2014 at 3:59 AM UTC

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This article is part of the January 20, 2014 issue of businessweek.

Innovators: Dave Smith and Kripa Varanasi
Ages: 28 and 37

Form and function: A nontoxic, spray-on coating called LiquiGlide makes the insides of containers so slippery that viscous liquids slide out easily, and only minuscule amounts stay behind.