A Santa Barbara-based startup called Apeel Sciences says it has invented edible coatings that can extend a fruit or vegetable's shelf life by as much as five times. That means, if you spray it on ...

To cut that waste, Apeel Sciences developed an edible, plant-­derived coating for fresh fruits and ... double or even triple the shelf life of a fruit or vegetable. Apeel introduced its treated ...

Produce with Apeel's products can last an extra ... When the liquid coating dries, it interacts with a fruit or vegetable's molecules and helps preserve it. The coating could allow grocery stores ...

Source: Apeel Sciences This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Every fruit and vegetable breathes. Once a piece of produce is picked from a tree or plant ...

A Santa Barbara, California-based startup called Apeel Sciences has invented an edible coating called Edipeel that it says can extend a fruit or vegetable's shelf life by as much as five times.