The Future is Here: Edible Packaging

In 2010 Americans threw away over 75 million tons of packaging waste. Ugh. Some Harvard scientists came up with a (possible) solution: what if packaging was edible? This video from Bob's Burgers in Brazil talks shows people eating their edible burger wrappers. I was wondering if this was a joke when I first watched it... what could edible wrappers possibly taste like?

This is the Huffington Post article with more info.