Apeel Sciences
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| Type | Private |
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| Founder | James Rogers |
| Headquarters | Goleta, California |
| Website | apeelsciences.com |
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]
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 in financing to date.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Apeel-coated produce is poised to take over grocery store shelves". Fast Company. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "New Produce-Protective Coating Promises to Double Food's Shelf Life". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Edible coating allows avocados to stay ripe for twice as long". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Avocados could now last twice as long with new edible coating". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "UPDATED: Apeel offers longer shelf life for citrus". The Packer. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Apeel Sciences is combating food waste with plant-derived second peels". TechCrunch. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "This start-up can make avocados last twice as long before going bad". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Apeel's Invisible Coating Could Be A Game-Changer". Forbes. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "This simple step can double the shelf life of fruits and vegetables". CNN. Retrieved 6 November 2018.