--- title: Tastee Tape: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 description: Find out why Tastee Tape is one of the best inventions of 2022 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225177/tastee-tape/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-11-10T11:06:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T05:09:25.540Z og:title: Tastee Tape: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:description: Find out why Tastee Tape made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225177/tastee-tape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54d5034f089f2757/698a375fb21a9cde23506a12/best-inventions-2022-tastee-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tastee Tape: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tastee Tape: The 200 Best Inventions of 2022 twitter:description: Find out why Tastee Tape made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54d5034f089f2757/698a375fb21a9cde23506a12/best-inventions-2022-tastee-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2022 # Farewell, Exploding Burritos Tastee Tape by [Jared Lindzon](/author/jared-lindzon/) ## Jared Lindzon Jared Lindzon is the co-author of "Do More in Four: Why It’s Time for a Shorter Workweek"  Tastee Tape is the solution to exploding tacos and burritos the world didn’t know it needed. Invented by an [all-female undergraduate student team](https://nypost.com/2022/05/19/edible-burrito-tape-invented-by-johns-hopkins-students/ "undefined") at Johns Hopkins’ Whiting School of Engineering, it’s [edible, clear, and tasteless](https://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2022/05/17/Johns-Hopkins-University-students-edible-Tastee-Tape/3851652821111/ "undefined"), and holds food together like Scotch tape on wrapping paper. Though not yet available—the inventors expect to have a product available for consumer testing by spring 2023—the Tastee Tape prototype went viral in May, making its way into articles, podcasts, and a Jimmy Fallon monologue. Beyond preventing food from landing in laps, co-inventor Tyler Guarino says it will also help reduce restaurants’ reliance on single-use food wrappings, utensils, bowls, and napkins. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225177/tastee-tape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225177/tastee-tape/"},"headline":"Farewell, Exploding Burritos","datePublished":"2022-11-10T11:06:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:09:25.540Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225177/tastee-tape/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","best inventions","Best Inventions 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54d5034f089f2757/698a375fb21a9cde23506a12/best-inventions-2022-tastee-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jared Lindzon","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jared-lindzon/"}],"creator":"Jared Lindzon","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54d5034f089f2757/698a375fb21a9cde23506a12/best-inventions-2022-tastee-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2022/6225177/tastee-tape/","name":"Farewell, Exploding Burritos"}}]}] ```