aid: apeel
name: Apeel
description: >-
  Apeel Sciences is a food technology company headquartered in Santa Barbara, California that develops
  plant-based protective coatings which extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. The company
  uses food-grade ingredients derived from the peels, pulp, and seeds of plants to create a thin, edible
  layer that reinforces produce's natural peel, slowing water loss and oxidation. This extends peak taste,
  juiciness, and nutrient retention while reducing reliance on refrigeration, waxes, pesticides, and plastic
  packaging across the fresh-produce supply chain. Apeel positions itself as a sustainability and food-waste
  leader, reporting that since 2021 its technology has prevented millions of pieces of fruit from spoiling,
  avoided tens of thousands of metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions, and conserved billions of liters of
  water. Its products have undergone regulatory review in the United States, European Union, and other markets.
  Apeel is a portfolio company of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and was added to the API Evangelist network as a
  venture-portfolio lead. It publishes no public developer API, developer portal, or machine-readable API
  specification as of this profile.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.apeel.com/favicon.ico
x-type: company
x-category: Food Technology
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Food Technology
- AgTech
- Sustainability
- Food Waste
- Supply Chain
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Agriculture
- North America
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apeel-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apeel.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://apeel.substack.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.apeel.com/contact-us
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.apeel.com/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.apeel.com/terms-of-service
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence