Apeel- The 10 most innovative food companies of 2021

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Whether they are developing new products for grocery aisles or creating new marketplaces where shoppers might find them, these 10 companies point the way forward for the entire food industry. Puris has cultivated a pea variety that will fuel the alt-meat industry for years to come. Perfect Day makes a lab-grown ice cream that tastes as good as the real thing. And True Made Foods and Purecane are sweetening what we eat while keeping us healthy. Meanwhile, Goldbelly, Thrive Market, and Patagonia Provisions are connecting people to the food they value most, from organic produce to award-winning New Orleans beignets.

6. APEEL

For coating fruits and vegetables for the long haul

Known for making plant-derived coatings that increase the shelf life of produce, Apeel recently created a product specifically for apples, helped launch plastic-free cucumbers in more than 100 Walmarts, removing 60,000 pounds of plastics from the supply chain per year. The company also expanded its global reach opening facilities in Peru, the Netherlands, and Mexico.

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