Apeel Sciences Recognized by Food & Wine as a 2025 Game Changer for Food Innovation

Featured in the July Innovators Issue, Food & Wine celebrates Apeel’s leadership in advancing food system transformation and sustainability through its pioneering technology, a plant-based, edible coating that extends the freshness of produce without the need for refrigeration or synthetic preservatives. Tasteless, odorless, and made from ingredients found in plants we already commonly eat, it helps extend freshness and reduce spoilage for retailers, suppliers, and consumers at every step of the supply chain.

Apeel’s innovations have also driven significant environmental benefits, including saving 166 million pieces of fruit from going to waste, conserving 1.8 billion gallons of water, and preventing more than 64 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. These outcomes directly support creating abundance for all by protecting the resources and systems that make fresh, healthy food more available and sustainable for all.

Jenny Du, Co-Founder and SVP of Operations at Apeel Sciences, declared:

“Apeel was founded on the idea that nature has the answers we need to build a more healthful and sustainable food system. Being named a Food & Wine Game Changer is a tremendous honor that reflects the dedication and innovation our team brings to addressing food waste, one of the world’s most pressing challenges.”

Read about all of the Food & Wine 2025 game changers here.

About Apeel Sciences

Apeel Sciences is on a mission to create a healthier and more sustainable global food system by working with nature to use the power of nature-inspired materials and data sciences. Apeel’s plant-based protection allows for longer-lasting, fresher produce by using materials universally found in plants we already eat, and applying those materials to the surface of fruits and vegetables to help reinforce the existing natural peel. This protective extra “peel” slows the water loss and oxidation that causes produce to spoil and outperforms existing technologies in maintaining freshness from farm to kitchen.

Apeel’s plant-based protection is available for an ever-growing number of categories and markets. Additionally, Apeel is integrating new data and quality tools that will allow providers in the fresh food supply chain to accurately measure and manage information and insights about produce quality to provide a better eating experience to consumers. Farmers can sell more of what they grow, retailers can sell more of what they source, and people can enjoy more of what they buy, creating a healthier planet and greater abundance for all.