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That shiny coating on your fruit? It's made from insects—and you've eaten it for years
You’ve been eating it your whole life, and it’s perfectly OK.
Martha Stewart on MSN
How to wash citrus fruit to remove waxes and germs, according to food safety experts
Washing citrus is more important than you think.
Hand holding supermarket apple with a glossy wax coating against blurred apple background. - Wang Yukun/Getty Images Shiny red apples are the quintessential supermarket item whenever you enter the ...
A new project explores the addition of food-grade antimicrobials to the wax and fungicidal coatings applied to stone fruit to reduce contamination risks and extend shelf life. While stone fruit, ...
A team of researchers at Texas A&M University determined a way to make fruits and vegetables last longer — using only ingredients approved by the FDA as antibacterial agents. The research team, led by ...
Texas A&M researchers combine food-grade wax with essential oils to defend produce from bacteria. Dr. Mustafa Akbulut, professor of chemical engineering, has teamed up with horticultural science ...
GOLETA (CBSLA) — There's nothing better than fresh fruit – except for how hard it is to eat all of it before they go bad. A Goleta lab has developed a spray-on coating that tackles that very problem.
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