not the food, but a high-quality plastic, which can be visually almost indistinguishable from genuine leather, really classy and has over genuine leather, the advantage of dimensional stability. I myself am even a friend of natural materials, but am familiar with plastics and plastic welding process and have to say it's time to develop a completely different attitude and it is amazing what, in the field of synthetic is possible today , you can see it on the screen of a smartphone already own, so it is with this classy and clean designed cover also stylistically, a neat job. I can highly recommend the article but I give one star deduction only for the information, "REAL PREMIUM", an eye wiped name ... Absolutely not, I would not recommend for a Flipcase which is hinged to the side; that disturbs the handling of the device tremendously during this, simply, simply represents a decisive improvement since the Galaxy is simply too smooth; With dry hands, it can easily slip away, in this case. you can even touch the lid to ergonomic, more convenient to carry and long conversations. I am told by nitpicking and I think that's true, the part here, but I am really happy, now I have a "complete" mobile phone that also well located in hand and where you do not constantly adjusted slightly when it even the bag takes what does not slip out of your hand and is well protected. Better it is, I do not think so; Precision fit ... great too, all the best.