Apeel Sciences

Apeel Sciences is a company based in Goleta, California whose edible coating product Apeel [1] can make avocados, citrus and other types of fruit last twice as long as usual by using a tasteless edible coating made from plant materials.[2][3][4] The coating's formulation can be modified for strawberries, mangoes, apples, bananas, kumquats, citrus, and asparagus.[3][5] It is based on the food additive E471.

Apeel Sciences
Private
Founded2012 
FounderJames Rogers
HeadquartersGoleta, California
Websiteapeelsciences.com

Founding

Apeel was founded in 2012 by James Rogers,[3] after receiving a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help reduce post-harvest food waste in developing countries that lacked refrigeration infrastructure.[6][7][8]

After the initial grant, backing has been provided by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz. Apeel has raised $110 million dollars in financing to date.[9]

References
  1. "Apeel-coated produce is poised to take over grocery store shelves". Fast Company. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. "New Produce-Protective Coating Promises to Double Food's Shelf Life". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. "Edible coating allows avocados to stay ripe for twice as long". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. "Avocados could now last twice as long with new edible coating". The Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "UPDATED: Apeel offers longer shelf life for citrus". The Packer. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  6. "Apeel Sciences is combating food waste with plant-derived second peels". TechCrunch. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. "This start-up can make avocados last twice as long before going bad". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  8. "Apeel's Invisible Coating Could Be A Game-Changer". Forbes. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  9. "This simple step can double the shelf life of fruits and vegetables". CNN. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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