Английская Википедия:Apeel Sciences
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox company Apeel Sciences is a company based in Goleta, California whose edible coating product Apeel or Edipeel[1] can make avocados, citrus and other types of fruit last twice as long as usual by using a tasteless edible coating.[2][3]
Apeel state that they use ethyl acetate and heptane as solvents. In the application for GRAS, Apeel cites several studies on the general safety of grapeseed oil derived monoglycerides and diglycerides,[4] but there are no studies on the effects of Apeel products themselves on human or environmental health.
The coating's formulation can be modified for strawberries, mangoes, apples, bananas, kumquats, citrus, and asparagus.[3][5] Edipeel is also allowed for use on all fruits and vegetables in Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa, without restriction. Additionally, Edipeel is allowed for use on the following fruits in the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom: avocados, citrus fruit, mangoes, papayas, melons, bananas, pineapples, and pomegranates.[6]
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.[7][8][9]
After the initial grant, backing has been provided by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz, and ATEL Capital Group.[10] Apeel has raised $110 million in financing to date.[11]
In June 2018, Apeel was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.[12] In August 2018, Apeel announced the appointment of former Whole Foods Market co-CEO Walter Robb to its board of directors.[13]
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