NaturalHealth365) In a supposed effort to curb food waste, an American company called Apeel Sciences – in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – has created a new fruit and vegetable coating that is intended to extend fresh produce’s shelf life.
The product, known as Edipeel, is supposedly perfectly safe to eat and derived from food-grade, plant-based glycerolipids, and oils. But questions remain over the real safety of the latest iteration of Corporate America’s obsession with tinkering with our food.
Bill Gates is funding a new “edible coating” to be put on conventional AND organic produce.
The edible food coating is reportedly colorless, odorless, tasteless, and (allegedly) perfectly safe to eat. However, as Children’s Health Defense notes in a recent article, it can’t be removed from fruits or veggies, even after soaking or scrubbing. (It’s also not clear whether any part of the coating gets absorbed into the produce itself.)