Fatal Conveniences™: Apeel

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Darin Olien

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🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever heard of Apeel before? Whether you have or haven’t, You may have already eaten a piece of fruit at some point that was covered in it.

Apeel is a plant-based coating or ‘peel’ that helps produce stay fresh for longer by slowing water loss, preventing oxidation and protecting against environmental stress, which are the primary causes of food spoilage. It uses a microscopic amount of Monoglycerides and Diglycerides, which are naturally found in fruits and vegetables, to create a breathable extra layer that keeps moisture inside the produce while keeping oxygen out.

While these glycerides can be extracted from any fruit or vegetable, Apeel extracts them from widely grown plant oils that are passed through a purifying process to remove allergens, impurities and trans fats. Apeel claims that it only uses plant oils from non-GMO and sustainably grown sources.

So, what’s the issue? Find out in this episode of Fatal Conveniences™.

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Apeel Sciences. (2022). Apeel. Retrieved from https://www.apeel.com/

Epic Water Filters USA. (2023). Is Apeel Safe? Retrieved from https://www.epicwaterfilters.com/blogs/quick-drips/is-apeel-safe

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Tatum, M. (2023). Everything you need to know about Apeel. Retrieved from Wicked Leeks: https://wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-apeel/

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Vandergriendt, C. (2017). What Are Monoglycerides and Are They Safe to Consume? Retrieved from healthline: https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/monoglycerides#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20FDA%2C%20mono,the%20manufacturing%20process%20is%20satisfactory.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you ever heard of a peel before?
0:04.4	It is a new coating that goes over fruits and vegetables and whatever else mostly fruits
0:11.6	at this point.
0:12.8	The cornerstone is avocado and many others expanding into your consumer market without
0:21.3	your knowledge, necessarily.
0:23.8	So you may have already eaten a piece of fruit at some point that has covered in it.
0:30.2	A peel is a plant-based coating or an extra invisible peel on the outside of your fruits.
0:38.4	To stay fresh for longer by slowing down the water loss, preventing oxidation, protecting
0:45.0	against environmental stressors, all the way to protect food from spoiling because
0:51.4	we're transporting food all over the world.
0:55.5	Is that a bad thing?
0:56.8	Well, yeah, you can make an argument that's insane anyway.
1:00.0	But it contains microscopic amounts of mono-glycerides and di-glycerides, which are naturally
1:08.2	found in fruits and vegetables.
1:10.4	They create a breathable, extra layer, appeal extracts, or supposedly from plant oils and
1:17.6	they pass through and purified, remove allergens and impurities, and they also claim it's
1:24.4	non-GMO.
1:25.4	Oh my gosh, okay, so we're going to dive into this episode of Fatal Convenience, Appeal.
1:36.9	Welcome to Fatal Conveniences, where we address the things we may be doing in our daily
1:41.8	lives that are actually harming us, and in some cases, slowly killing us, tap water,
1:48.9	teflon, caffeine, blue light, food additives, you name it, we dive into it.
1:55.2	We take a critical look at everyday products that really are affecting us and our bodies
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