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Apeel Sciences

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Apeel Sciences is an American food technology company based in Goleta, California. Its edible coating product Apeel or Edipeel can make avocados, citrus and other types of fruit last twice as long as usual by using a tasteless edible coating, and reduces food loss and waste as well as reliance on single-use plastic packaging.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

2012Founded1
  • HeadquartersSanta Barbara1
  • Websiteapeelsciences.com
  • Incorporated inDE5
  • Business address71 South Los Carneros Road, Goleta, Ca 931175

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Apeel Sciences is an American food technology company based in Goleta, California. Its edible coating product Apeel or Edipeel can make avocados, citrus and other types of fruit last twice as long as usual by using a tasteless edible coating, and reduces food loss and waste as well as reliance on single-use plastic packaging.3

How it started

Founding

Apeel was founded in 2012 by James Rogers, 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.

It also received $985,161 from the Gates Foundation on August 2015

After the initial grants, backing has been provided by venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz, and ATEL Capital Group. Apeel has raised $110 million in financing to date.

In June 2018, Apeel was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. In August 2018, Apeel announced the appointment of former Whole Foods Market co-CEO Walter Robb to its board of directors.

From Wikipedia’s article on Apeel Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Former names

  • aPEEL Technologies, Inc.Jan 8, 2014 to Feb 3, 20145

Timeline

  1. 2012Founded Founded1

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