# Sauce Despensing Chopsticks By Lena White | Published 2006-11-21 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sauce-despensing-chopsticks References: [ohgizmo](http://www.ohgizmo.com/2005/12/27/sauce-dispensing-chopsticks/) & [item.rakuten.co.jp](http://item.rakuten.co.jp/yume/0981601/) No more messing around with [soya sauce and sushi dipping](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cooking-dipping-sauce)! The [sauce dispensing chopsticks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/byo-bow) may remind you of your pipette from chemistry class, but at $21, they make a pretty entertaining gift. **Implications** - Consumers appreciate products that help make their lives easier. The advantage of an idea like this is that it is simple, effective and very user-friendly. Companies that find simple ways to enhance [everyday items](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dress-drizz) succeed at providing their customers with something that they both need, want and appreciate. The smartest businesses are those that know they don't need to reinvent the wheel in order to impress consumers with their ingenuity. Sometimes simple updating a common existing product is innovative enough. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 0.7/10 - Popularity: 3% | Activity: 10% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Sauce-dispensing Products:** Opportunity for companies to innovate by creating products that allow for easy and mess-free dispensing of sauce. - **User-friendly Enhancements:** Simplifying everyday items is an opportunity for companies to provide customers with something they need and appreciate. - **Simple Updates:** Innovative opportunity for companies in updating common existing products. ### Who This Affects Most - **Food & Beverage:** Opportunity for innovative companies to create better ways to dispense sauce in the food and beverage industry. - **Consumer Goods:** Simplifying everyday items and updating existing products can be a disruptive innovation in the consumer goods industry. - **Kitchenware:** Innovative opportunity for companies to create mess-free and convenient kitchenware products. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Taste-Adjusting Chopsticks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tasteadjusting-chopsticks.md) - [Saltiness-Enhancing Electric Chopsticks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-chopsticks.md) - [Portable Sauce-Dispensing Bottles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ksooly-squeeze-bottle.md) - [Creative Dipping Tableware](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dip-sea.md) - [Sauce-Included Multifunctional Utensils](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/saurk.md) - [Restaurant-Branded Cooking Sauces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chopstix-wok-pots.md) - [Japanese Restaurant Retail Sauces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sticksnsushi-sauces.md) - [Compostable Sauce Containers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/holy-carp-packaging.md) - [Aesthetically Functional Chopsticks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/restless-chopsticks-tableware.md)