Edible coating of plant materials
The use of edible coatings made from plant materials can extend the shelf life of bulk fruits and vegetables.
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Mass promotion / Mass production
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Coating Edible peel coating, composed of fruits and vegetables such as oranges, avocados, and apples, allows agricultural products to triple their shelf life without requiring refrigeration.
Potential economic benefits
By slowing water loss and oxidation, products last two to three times longer than uncoated products; reducing costs associated with food waste and increasing sales; and the return on investment is high enough that retailers don't need to increase the price of Apeel coated products.
Potential climate benefits
Plastic packaging has been eliminated without increasing food waste. The use of Apeel products by a cucumber supplier will reduce the number of plastic packaging by more than 30 tons per year; the emission reduction of Apeel coated products depends on the product, ranging from 18% to 80%; Compostable.
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Edipeel
Apeel Sciences is a company focusing on crop preservation technology
California，United States
Solution details
Apeel Sciences abandoned the old way of using chemical synthetics and focused on and analyzed the fatty substance of the fruit itself-the cuticle. The team used the seeds, skins and flesh of common fruits and vegetables to extract fatty oil, and extracted the fatty acids from them as the main ingredient to make Apeel, a colorless, odorless and edible anticorrosive coating.
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11:00:16, Nov 06, 2025
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