Apeel Sciences - Wikipedia

Apeel Sciences is a company based in Goleta, California whose edible coating product Apeel can make avocados, citrus and other types of fruit last twice as ... ApeelSciences FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Company ApeelSciencesTypePrivateFounded2012 FounderJamesRogersHeadquartersGoleta,CaliforniaWebsiteapeelsciences.com ApeelSciencesisacompanybasedinGoleta,CaliforniawhoseediblecoatingproductApeel[1]canmakeavocados,citrusandothertypesoffruitlasttwiceaslongasusualbyusingatastelessediblecoatingmadefromplantmaterials.[2][3][4]Thecoating'sformulationcanbemodifiedforstrawberries,mangoes,apples,bananas,kumquats,citrus,andasparagus.[3][5] Contents 1Founding 2Seealso 3References 4Externallinks Founding[edit] Apeelwasfoundedin2012byJamesRogers,[3]afterreceivinga$100,000grantfromtheBillandMelindaGatesFoundationtohelpreducepost-harvestfoodwasteindevelopingcountriesthatlackedrefrigerationinfrastructure.[6][7][8] Aftertheinitialgrant,backinghasbeenprovidedbyMicrosoftcofounderBillGatesandventurecapitalistfirmAndreessenHorowitz.Apeelhasraised$110millioninfinancingtodate.[9] Seealso[edit] Ediblepackaging References[edit] ^"Apeel-coatedproduceispoisedtotakeovergrocerystoreshelves".FastCompany.Retrieved26January2019. ^"NewProduce-ProtectiveCoatingPromisestoDoubleFood'sShelfLife".SantaBarbaraIndependent.Retrieved15October2018. ^abc"Ediblecoatingallowsavocadostostayripefortwiceaslong".TheGuardian.Retrieved15October2018. ^"Avocadoscouldnowlasttwiceaslongwithnewediblecoating".TheIndependent.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2022-05-07.Retrieved15October2018. ^"UPDATED:Apeelofferslongershelflifeforcitrus".ThePacker.Retrieved26January2019. ^"ApeelSciencesiscombatingfoodwastewithplant-derivedsecondpeels".TechCrunch.Retrieved15October2018. ^"Thisstart-upcanmakeavocadoslasttwiceaslongbeforegoingbad".TheWashingtonPost.Retrieved15October2018. ^"Apeel'sInvisibleCoatingCouldBeAGame-Changer".Forbes.Retrieved15October2018. ^"Thissimplestepcandoubletheshelflifeoffruitsandvegetables".CNN.Retrieved6November2018. Externallinks[edit] Officialwebsite Authoritycontrol ISNI 1 Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apeel_Sciences&oldid=1091482787" Categories:2012establishmentsinCaliforniaHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataOfficialwebsitedifferentinWikidataandWikipediaArticleswithISNIidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages KurdîTürkçe Editlinks