Apeel Sciences [1] is a California-based company that has developed an edible coating for a variety of fruits such as strawberries, mangoes, apples, bananas, citrus fruits, asparagus, etc. Apeel was founded in 2012. The birthplace of the company was none other than the Gates Foundation [2]which jumped $100,000 in the same year and then provided nearly $1 million three years later.
Sea CNN [3] the company has raised $110 million in funding so far. Also on board was American venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, who have also invested in a number of other well-known companies such as Facebook, Airbnb, GitHub, Instagram, Pinterest, Skype, Twitter, etc.
And this is how the edible shell works
According to Apeel, they were inspired by the technology found in nature. Because fruit has a protective shell. And Apeel has now given it its own shell.
According to the company, the new peel prevents the fruit from penetrating oxygen and losing moisture. And that would be the reason why the fruit would stay fresh longer.
As a result, there was less fruit waste, which would account for 45 percent of all freshly harvested fruit. And all the fruit waste would also be responsible for 3.6 million tons of CO2 annually. With that, we have finally reached the home straight of the discussion, which is currently being chewed through with all might and little knowledge as intensively as the topic with the C virus three years ago. Greetings from Bill Gates again!
What is the shell made of?
“Eco test” [4] made a contribution to this edible protective layer in May 2020. Here the Apeel cover was called “edible and has no side effects” designated. side effects? Is it a drug? The following sentence is then corrected a little and the product is classified as “harmless to health“.
The layer, according to “Ökotest”, consists of “exclusively from vegetable substances (lipids and glycerolipids)“. I have not been able to find any information as to what kind of lipids are involved here. “Ökotest” even puts its description “exclusively from vegetable substances” in bold letters on paper, which gives the impression that the reader should be reassured here. Because “plant-based” is always good. This means that these lipids must also be good, especially if you also print them “bold”.
This is once again connected with a mystery. After all, weren’t lipids/fats considered villains because they triggered arteriosclerosis and the associated cardiovascular diseases? Why are lipids suddenly “harmless to health”?
Were or aren’t the cationic lipids, which contain the modRNA in the gene injections and smuggle them into the body’s cells, highly toxic and not approved for use in humans or animals? [5] I assume that the lipids that Apeel uses cannot be compared with the cationic lipids of the “corona vaccinations”. But here, too, one learns nothing about the composition of these lipids, except that they are healthy and harmless.
You also don’t learn anything about how much lipid you can expect as a fruit eater who actually wants to avoid taking lipids, especially if you already have high triglyceride levels.
“Ökotest” then appeased afterwards that the new extra bowl “is only used for fruits whose peel is not eaten. In general, coating must not be used for organic food“.
Why not? The vegetable lipids are healthy and harmless, aren’t they? This coating is supposed to be edible, right? So why is this “edible coating” only used on types of fruit whose skin is not eaten? Or can you eat banana peels, orange peels, etc. with this “edible coating” and thus reduce CO2 even further and save the world?
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What does science say?
Nothing!
According to my research, there are no published studies on the questions: What kind of lipids are we dealing with? What amounts of lipid sticks to the fruit skins? Don’t the lipids themselves migrate through the fruit bowl into the fruit and lead to changes in the fruit? When people swallow this shell lipid, does the lipid level increase? What about people with high lipid levels?
It looks like there is also an “emergency approval” for the Apeel product here. As with the “corona vaccinations”, there is no scientific discussion of any kind.
It is believed to be harmless to health. And this assumption is enough to be able to sell it as a certainty.
The AFP fact check [6] from April 28th, 2023 knows to report that the lipids are “Mono and diglycerides from fatty acids“, and that these are already approved for several foods in the EU [7]. However, one will look in vain for the fatty acids from Apeel in this “approval”.
The AFP fact check goes on to say that the EU regulation regarding the use of mono- and diglycerides in fresh food is completely harmless:
„The Authority concluded that there is no need to set a figure for the acceptable daily intake and that the food additive mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E 471) does not pose a safety concern at the stated uses and use levels.“
The fact-checkers further explain the following:
„However, the use of the substances is only intended for external use on food. It is not to be expected that the substances will migrate inside the fruit.“
The last sentence speaks volumes. One “does not expect” that the substances will migrate to the interior, which means nothing other than that one obviously does not know and very probably does not want to know either. The only assessment criterion that remains is the expectations cultivated by the industry. Great!
My expectation that expensive tests and scientific investigations were dropped in this context should have been confirmed to some extent.
And that confirmation is backed up by fact-checkers, who cite a professor of horticulture and food technology who raved about the Apeel skin and described its lipids as being widely used in the food industry (in baked goods, chocolate, margarine, etc.) . And because of this, the professor can “hardly imagine the alleged dangers of the substances“.
So even the horticulture and food technology professor only has an idea and no knowledge about these lipids.
Here again a cross-reference to the “corona vaccinations”, which were also said to be equipped with “natural mRNA”, which disappears in a matter of minutes and therefore would not cause any problems. At least that’s how it was imagined. The reality is different: The modRNA is so stable that it has been proven in relevant studies for 1-3 months. Hard to imagine, but that’s how it was.
Conclusion
And who can guarantee us that the ideas of the manufacturers, professors and fact-checkers correspond to reality, even though they have completely failed with the “corona vaccinations”? Since when are ideas and assumptions adequate substitutes for scientific investigations? Are professors and fact-checkers being paid for their labors of love here in order to avoid expensive studies and still get sales-promoting results?
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Sources:
[1] About | Apeel
[2] Committed Grants | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
[3] This colorless, odorless powder could help solve the global food waste problem | CNN Business
[4] Edible protective layer for fruit: Many advantages – but also disadvantages – ÖKO-TEST
[5] What is Liposomal Vitamin C? Is liposomal better?
[6] This coating for fruit and vegetables is considered harmless | fact check
[7] Perma | Food and Feed Information Portal Database | FIP
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This entry was published on May 17, 2023.