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30 Billion pineapples are hand picked each year
Thirty Billion! That’s how many pineapples are harvested (by hand!) each year. The average worker may pick 5,000 pineapples per shift sometimes working at midnight

Red Kiwis
I was recently in #newzealand, land of all kiwis, and I found a kiwi I did not even know existed. The red kiwi! Mind-blowingly delicious, I

We can help stop peaches disappointing you
From a previous Linkedin poll, you told us that peach is the fruit you’d most disappointed to discover had gone bad before you could eat

Choose sustainability and healthy living with our eco-friendly edible coating
Our natural edible fruit coating may be just what you need to reduce plastic packaging and food waste. Choose sustainability and healthy living with our

Food Waste Prevention Week 2003
It’s Food Waste Prevention Week 2023, and we’re proud to announce that our 100% natural edible coating is helping a premium fresh cut mango supplier

Our Co-founder presenting at Vita’Connect – La grande convention de Vitagora
Thanks to Vitagora for hosting Vita’Connect – La grande convention de Vitagora, in Dijon, France, and a terrific panel on sustainable packaging to close it

Calling all pear growers and packers!
Calling all pear growers and packers! Are you looking for a natural and effective solution to extend the shelf life and improve the eating experience

We are tackling food waste where it matters
We have visited with many mango growers and packers in Peru, Brazil and Ecuador and consistently hear they want 100% natural shelf life extension solutions

A PINEAPPLE PLANT PRODUCES JUST ONE FRUIT A YEAR
A pineapple plant produces just one fruit a year. Nobody wants that one precious pineapple going to waste and certainly nobody wants an all natural

AKORN, WE ARE FOR REAL
Akorn Technology, Inc. has truly effective and unique coatings for fresh fruit. Come visit us at World Agri-Tech Tuesday and Wednesday at TechHub Booth #17. For those not

See you at Agri-Tech 2023
We are looking forward to meeting our current and future partners at World Agri-Tech next week. Our founder Anthony Zografos, Ph.D. and co-founder Xander Shapiro are attending. You can watch our

WE MADE THE FT500 LIST!
Exciting news! Akorn Technology, Inc. has been selected by Forward Fooding as one of this year’s #FoodTech500 winners! We are absolutely thrilled to share this news with you! Being listed on