shelf life

Hazel Technologies Winner Of 2021 “Overall Post Harvest Solution of the Year” Award

August 19, 2021 Hazel Technologies

Hazel Technologies, Inc., a USDA-funded agricultural technology company delivering new solutions to combat food waste, today announced it has been selected as winner of the “Overall Post Harvest Solution of the Year” award in the 2021 AgTech Breakthrough Awards conducted by AgTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global AgTech market today. …

Save Foods Granted Israeli Patent for Its Proprietary Composition for Natural Protection of Edible Matter

July 16, 2021 Save Foods

Save Foods announced that its wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary, Save Foods Ltd., was granted a patent by the Israeli Patent Office for its new generation of natural disinfecting composition and method to protect edible matter from decay, which is designed to extend shelf life and reduce waste. …

Apple Postharvest Scientist Enrique Garcia Perez Joins Hazel Tech

June 25, 2021 Hazel Technologies

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-supported technology company delivering new solutions for fresh produce to extend shelf-life, increase sales, and combat food waste, announces Enrique Garcia Perez has joined the company’s growing R&D team as a Postharvest Scientist. …

AgroFresh Announces Global Licensing Agreement with Know Hub Chile for Innovative Natural Post-Harvest Solution

June 25, 2021 AgroFresh

The agreement continues AgroFresh’s commitment to preserving produce freshness and potentially offers a new natural solution to help extend produce shelf life and reduce food loss and waste. …

Keeping Strawberries Fresh Using Bioactive Packaging

June 18, 2021 Institut National de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

Strawberries are delicate and difficult to keep fresh. In response to this challenge, Monique Lacroix, a professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), and her team have developed a packaging film that can keep strawberries fresh for up to 12 days. The team’s findings on how this film protects against mould and certain pathogenic bacteria have been published in Food Hydrocolloids. …