not at all gulp is made out of water based biodigradeable product making it a soft bait(were the only place in the world that call bio baits softplastics)soft plastics that were mentioned above are made out of p v.c with hardener or softener added to change the firmness these can also be impregnated with scents but the oils in platasol trap the scents in till a it eather gets knicks in it or a fish smashes it. Sent from my GT-S7500T using Tapatalk 2