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Edible coating preserves produce, helping farmers

Image: Bangdoll, Mango with section on a white background, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic
Image: Bangdoll, Mango with section on a white background, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic

A new edible and almost invisible coating could extend the shelf life of fruit and vegetables and help farmers sell more of their crops, reports Civil Eats. The maker of the coating, Apeel Sciences, says that the coating is made from fats that can be derived from the peel, seeds and pulp of “any kind of fruit or vegetable”. Apeel Sciences claims that the coating can double the lifespan of produce, even without refrigeration.

Read the full story here. See also the Foodsource resource How are food losses and waste an environmental concern?

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