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Asked 8 January 2020
Has anyone done any scientific research on the advantages of the fruit coating 'Apeel'?
The media is so full of the positive benefits of the fruit coating 'Apeel' but I am battling to find any scientific papers on how it was evaluated. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
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Hi Zelda,
I have been asking the same question and have been unable to find credible scientific papers on Apeel. I did find patents etc as indicated by Keith Cowan. My experience on using fruit coatings on avocados is not good. Maybe you could ask the Apeel people for scientific papers/reports?
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Federal University of Technology of Paraná
Hello dear, I really don't know the benefits of your article, but if there is interest, I can contribute to the research. Thanks
Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University
You may try with Google Scholar with the keywords viz., fruit coating and Apeel to get the list of papers published on this area.
Rhodes University
Hi Zelda,
Check their web page at https://apeelsciences.com/ and the patent is : United States Patent, Perez et al . Patent No. US 9,957,215 B2. Date of Patent : May 1 , 2018. PLANT EXTRACT COMPOSITIONS FOR FORMING PROTECTIVE COATINGS. Attached but it is a utility grant and final patent is probably within 1 year.
ABSTRACT Described herein are methods of preparing cutin - derived monomers , oligomers , or combinations thereof from cutin containing plant matter . The methods can include heating the cutin - derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure . In some preferred embodiments , the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.
Hope this helps. Regards, Keith Cowan
Seeka Limited
Hi Zelda,
I have been asking the same question and have been unable to find credible scientific papers on Apeel. I did find patents etc as indicated by Keith Cowan. My experience on using fruit coatings on avocados is not good. Maybe you could ask the Apeel people for scientific papers/reports?
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