A rubber spatula is a flexible-bladed scraping and folding tool, traditionally made of rubber and now more often food-grade silicone, used to scrape bowls clean, fold delicate mixtures, and spread batters and sauces without scratching cookware. Its flexible blade makes it well suited to folding airy mixtures like whipped cream or meringue without deflating them, and to getting every bit of batter or dough out of a mixing bowl. It's a kitchen staple for both baking and general cooking, and being essentially flavor-neutral, it's used across cuisines wherever something needs to be scraped, folded, or spread gently.