It may be delicious and healthy, but fruit is frustratingly fickle, often going bad quickly in the fridge. Now, researchers in Thailand have developed an invisible, edible coating made with ...

People waste a lot of food. In America alone, the National Resources Defense Council estimates that as much as 40 percent of the food people buy ends up in the trash, not to mention the perfectly-good ...

Several techniques have been developed to preserve the quality of horticultural products throughout the supply chain. Edible coatings represent a promising technology as they can improve quality and ...

The growing demand by consumers for healthier and more ecological foods has driven researchers to develop new systems of packaging that prolong the useful life of the products and that are, at the ...

In a recent review published in the journal Foods, researchers collated available literature on edible coatings and their potential in the food industry. Their research highlights how these biopolymer ...

Groundbreaking science is revolutionizing health and sustainability. Researchers are developing 'mini-brains' for disease ...

The War at Zabar’s Can three feuding partners ruin the world’s greatest deli?

Soon, you'll be able to get a box of freshly picked, sweet strawberries from the grocery store or local farm stand. But it's disappointing when you get them home and find that the ones at the bottom ...

Spain's Bio2Coat is hoping to solve the twin problems of food waste and plastic waste coming from packaging materials with a 100% natural, edible coating that extends shelf-life of fruits and ...

From mini human brains grown in laboratories to spider-inspired gloves that heal wounds, edible coatings that preserve vegetables, and the alarming discovery of microplastics in human eyes, scientists ...

Discover how a food-safe edible fungus can be used to waterproof paper and textiles, providing eco-friendly alternatives for food packaging.