Goleta Lab Develops Spray-On Coating That Can Keep Fruit Fresh As Long As A Month

GOLETA (CBSLA) — There’s nothing better than fresh fruit – except for how hard it is to eat all of it before they go bad. A Goleta lab has developed a spray-on coating that tackles that very problem.
In Goleta, Apeel chemists have developed a coating that acts as a second skin for produce. The company claims the compounds they use all come from plants, and there’s no need to wash it off before eating them.
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