Yōki coral mug on a warm table

Rice husk · Coffee husk · Bamboo

Everyday Essentials built with earth friendly sustainable items

Made from crop waste that would otherwise be burned. BPA-free, melamine-free, and quietly beautiful on an everyday table.

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From husk to table

The husk is valued as much as the grain. What the harvest leaves behind becomes the thing you reach for first.

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The harvest

Rice husk, coffee husk and bamboo collected from farmers, FPOs and managed forests — crop residue that is otherwise burned in the field.

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The blend

The residue is milled and bound into a biocomposite, diverting material from both the burn pile and the landfill in a single step.

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The object

Moulded into pieces that are light in the hand, unbreakable in ordinary use, and warm to look at for years.

What is actually in it

Husk, milled and bound.

Crop residue from farmers, FPOs and managed forests — material that is otherwise burned in the field.

Rice husk, coffee husk and bamboo, milled to a powder and bound into a solid biocomposite. There is no glaze: the colour runs through the body rather than sitting on it as a coating, which is why a scratch does not expose a different material underneath.

What it is not

Not compostable, and not biodegradable. The binder is a stable food-grade polymer. It will not break down in a home compost heap or a landfill, and we will not claim it does.

Not all husk. Renewable crop content is at least 25% by weight — a floor set by our material specification rather than a measured average. The remainder is binder and pigment. We would rather print the real number than imply the piece is made of nothing but rice.

Not ovenware. No conventional oven, no grill, no open flame, no induction.

  • Crop residue≥ 25%Rice husk, coffee husk and bamboo, milled
  • Food-grade binderBalanceA food-grade binder that is not a melamine-formaldehyde resin
  • PigmentTraceNine tones. No heavy-metal colourants
  • Glaze0%None. Colour is through the body, not a coating
  • Melamine0%The resin behind most unbreakable tableware
  • Formaldehyde · BPA0%Tested absent

Made in India. Tested to European, US and Indian food-contact standards.

The eco shelf has a resin problem.

Most unbreakable tableware sold as bamboo, wheat straw or husk is plant powder held together by melamine-formaldehyde resin.

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The resin is the binder

In conventional “bamboo fibre” ware the plant powder is a structural filler. Melamine-formaldehyde resin is what actually holds the piece together — which is why it is unbreakable, and why it cannot be microwaved.

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Heat and acid release it

Migration of melamine and formaldehyde rises sharply with temperature and acidity. Microwave heating drives it hardest, initiating reactions that conventional heating does not.

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Europe removed it

More than fifty EU alerts recorded excess formaldehyde migration, some exceeding the limit more than tenfold. In 2021 member states withdrew bamboo-melamine articles: plant fillers are not authorised in plastic food-contact materials.

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Ours is another chemistry

Yōki’s binder is not a melamine-formaldehyde thermoset. That is the reason a husk piece can be reheated in a microwave at all — and the claim we are happiest to be asked for test reports on.

Against everything else on the table

The whole matrix,
including our losses.

Eight materials you can buy in India today. No row is scored in our favour by omission.

● Yes, without conditions ◐ Yes, with conditions ○ No ▲ Documented risk
Material Survives a drop Microwave Dishwasher Migration risk Weight Thermal shock End of life ₹ / plate
Yōki husk biocompositeHusk + food-grade binder ● Does not shatterScuffs and dents instead ◐ Reheat ≤ 1 minLids removed ◐ Top rack only ● No melamine, formaldehyde or BPANo glaze, so no glaze metals LightLightest here ○ No oven or flame ◐ Recyclable where facilities accept itNot compostable ≈ ₹300
Stoneware / ceramicGlazed, high-fired clay ○ Chips and shatters ◐ Yes, if undecoratedMetallic rims arc ● Yes ▲ Glaze-dependentLead / cadmium found in a minority of imported ware Heavy ◐ Good, can craze ○ LandfillFired clay is not recycled ₹250 – 800
Bone chinaThin, translucent porcelain ○ Chips easily ◐ No metal rim ◐ Gentle cycle ▲ Glaze and decal dependent Light ◐ Fair ○ Landfill ₹500 – 2,000
Opalware / VitrelleTempered or laminated opal glass ◐ Resists chipsCan fail into many fragments ● Yes ● Yes ● Glass body is inertOlder decorated ware: check decals Medium ◐ ≈ −20 to 130 °CNot oven-rated ○ Not accepted by glass recyclingWrong melt chemistry ₹200 – 500
MelamineMelamine-formaldehyde thermoset ● Yes ○ NoFDA advises against microwaving ◐ Top rack ▲ Melamine + formaldehyde migrateEU overall limit exceeded after 25 × 1-min heats in acid simulant Medium ○ No ○ Thermoset — cannot be remelted ₹150 – 400
"Bamboo fibre" warePlant powder in melamine resin ● Yes ○ No ◐ Top rack ▲ Bamboo powder in melamine resin50+ EU alerts; formaldehyde to 25× and melamine to 3.5× the limit; withdrawn across the EU in 2021 Light ○ No ○ Thermoset — landfillMarketed as eco; is not ₹300 – 700
Stainless steel 304Austenitic 18/8 steel ● Yes, dents ○ No ● Yes ● InertTrace Ni / Cr in long acid contact Heavy ● Excellent ● Recycled indefinitelyBest here ₹150 – 400
Borosilicate glassLow-expansion borosilicate ○ Breaks ● Yes ● Yes ● InertCleanest food contact here Heavy ● Excellent, oven-safe ○ Contaminates the soda-lime stream ₹300 – 900

Scroll the table sideways → Prices are typical street prices for a single 11″ plate, August 2026.

If one of these is your priority, buy that.

A comparison where the author wins every row is an advertisement. These are the cases where another material is the right answer.

Borosilicate glass wins

Absolute inertness

Nothing in glass can migrate into food, at any temperature, for any duration. Our binder is food-grade and tested, but glass does not need testing. If you store acidic food for days, or you are feeding an infant, glass is the stricter choice.

Stainless steel wins

End of life

Steel is recycled indefinitely through infrastructure that already exists in every Indian city. Ours is recyclable with like polymers where a facility accepts it — a real qualifier, and a weaker claim than steel’s.

Ceramic and glass win

Heat

You cannot bake in a Yōki piece, put it under a grill, or leave it on a hot hob. Ceramic and borosilicate handle heat we do not. Our microwave rating is one minute of reheating, and it is a real ceiling, not a legal hedge.

One fifth the carbon

Cradle-to-gate CO₂ for a typical 300 ml mug, measured against the materials it replaces.

Yōki0.2 kg
Glass0.5 kg
Ceramic1.0 kg+
Steel1.0 kg+
Top-rack dishwasher safe Microwave safe · TÜV certified BPA, formaldehyde & melamine free Unbreakable in everyday use 100% made in India

Life Cycle Assessment conforming to ISO 14040 & 14044. First ARAI-certified company for carbon emissions in the category. Figures vary by product specification and manufacturing conditions.

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A name, initials, a date, a symbol — or your own artwork. Laser etched into the surface: no ink, no coating, nothing to wear off in the wash.

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Before you etch

Five things that decide whether an etch comes out crisp. Worth thirty seconds before you order.

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45 × 25 mm

The engraving area on a 300 ml mug. Text is capped at 14 characters so it stays legible at that size.

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One solid tone

The laser burns a single depth. Photographs, gradients and shading will not reproduce — line art only.

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PNG or SVG

Transparent background, at least 500 px wide, under 2 MB. A JPG's white background etches as a solid block.

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0.8 mm strokes

Keep lines above this weight. Anything finer closes up in the husk surface and reads as a smudge.

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Permanent

The etch reveals the natural husk beneath the colour, so contrast varies by shade. It cannot be removed.

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