In a recent review published in the journal Foods, researchers collated available literature on edible coatings and their potential in the food industry. Their research highlights how these biopolymer ...

People waste a lot of food. In America alone, the National Resources Defense Council estimates that as much as 40 percent of the food people buy ends up in the trash, not to mention the perfectly-good ...

You’ve been eating it your whole life, and it’s perfectly OK.

It took James Rogers six and a half years to generate the idea for an agtech company that could help solve America’s $18 billion food waste problem. All he had to do was spend that time watching paint ...

In recent years researchers have investigated edible coatings that give fruit and other spoilable foods a longer shelf life without affecting their nutritional value or taste, using materials made ...

Spain's Bio2Coat is hoping to solve the twin problems of food waste and plastic waste coming from packaging materials with a 100% natural, edible coating that extends shelf-life of fruits and ...

Akorn Technology, a Berkeley, California-based agri-tech startup focused on reducing the amount of fresh produce lost or ...

A day or two can make all the difference — especially if you’re an avocado. According to the Department of Agriculture, between 30% and 40% of the food supply in the U.S. is wasted. Much of that waste ...

Soon, you’ll be able to get a box of freshly picked, sweet strawberries from the grocery store or local farm stand. But it’s disappointing when you get them home and find that the ones at the bottom ...

The high antioxidants and polyphenols content in passion fruit peels show significant potential to preserve fresh fruits and fresh cuts in an edible food coating, shows research from the University of ...

Microencapsulated powder of passion fruit peels preserve high levels of antioxidants and polyphenols. The powders are suitable as stable ingredients in high antioxidant, edible food coatings to reduce ...