You Don’t Look Like Your Pics!
Who else can relate? Like the famous saying in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding,’ in the end, we are all fruit! #FruitChronicles #agtech #sustainability
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Happy National Peach Month!
🌟 We make peaches peachier! 🌟 Happy National Peach Month! 🍑 This season’s peaches are off-the-charts good, and we keep them fresh longer. 🤗 Savor the juicy delights all August long! 🎉 Find out how at https://akorn.tech 🍑 #NationalPeachMonth #agtech #sustainability https://akorn.tech/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/August-is-Peach-Month-1.mp4
Celebrating the National Avocado Day!
1w • 🥑 Avocado: the mealtime MVP, for young and old! And with Akorn Natural™, these green gems stay fresher, longer, fighting #foodwaste like true avo-vengers! 🦸♀️💚 Happy #NationalAvocadoDay! 🎉🥑 #Avocados #agtechhttps://akorn.tech/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/avocado-day-2.mp4
Happy National Mango Day!
🥭 Happy National Mango Day! If you are like us here at Akorn Technology, Inc., you LOVE a ripe tasty mango that looks great inside and outside. Our company strives for a perfect blend of innovation, passion, and excellence, just like our many partners in the mango business who carefully deliver that terrific fruit — from …
Akorn Goes Global!
Dear Friends and Partners, Thank you for giving us the opportunity to reach you and share some exciting news about our company. Akorn is growing rapidly and our all-natural coatings are now in use on many types of produce such as mangos, avocados, stone fruit, pears, citrus and others. Because our coatings are all-natural, they …
FreshPlaza article highlighting Akorn Natural coatings and our global growth!
🌱 Check out the exciting article in FreshPlaza highlighting Akorn Natural coatings and our global growth! 🌎 Discover why our coatings are in demand worldwide, with customers across five continents and in 20 countries 🤯. We’re proud to offer a solution that packers truly need for better post-harvest quality of tree fruit, stone fruit, mangos, avocados, and …
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“Our affordable, 100% natural shelf-life extension coatings are available to producers globally”
Our friends at FreshPlaza just published a great article about Akorn Natural coatings and our global growth. Please take a read and learn more, including that Akorn’s coatings are available everywhere. We have customers on five continents and 20 countries, because we offer something packers truly need. Please tell us how we can help you with better post-harvest …
Akorn Technology Announces Partnership with Cutri Fruit
We may be small but we are mighty💪🏼 We combine groundbreaking 🚀, patented and proprietary technologies and laser focus 🔎 on their needs to delight our customers. Gaethan Cutri, Owner of Cutri Fruit 🍑, shares their excitement: “Our food scientists have shown that Akorn Natural™ coatings can extend shelf life and increase the quality of our …
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Akorn Featured in NSF’s ‘Catalyzing Commercialization’ Article
🙏🔬 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is featuring Akorn Technology, Inc. and our patented and proprietary solutions in their “Catalyzing Commercialization” article. With NSF’s support we are taking big steps towards less food waste and a more sustainable future. Our big thanks to National Science Foundation (NSF) and all of our customers and partners for the continuing support. 🌎🍐🥭🥑🌿 Info@akorn.tech READ …
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Celebrating the National Mango Month
We are thrilled to announce the expansion of our mango business in Africa, coinciding with the National Month of Mango celebration! Our coatings effectively preserve the quality of highly perishable fruits and vegetables during cold storage and transport, resulting in reduced waste and an enhanced consumer experience. Our recent partnership with Blue Skies, a major …
Akorn Technology Announces Fresh Mango Business Expansion in Africa
While some of our competitors focus on photogenic crops with Silicon Valley appeal, we fight food waste where it matters the most: in the developing world where highly perishable fruits are produced and where inadequate cold chain infrastructures sometimes cause up to 50% of the harvest to go to waste. We are very excited to …
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The last thing that grows on a fruit tree is the fruit!
When we don’t see results we are expecting and feel like giving up, we should remember the old saying: “The last thing to grow on a fruit tree is the fruit.” It takes a lot of care, effort and expertise for fruits to grow, so naturally growers and packers want to protect that fruit on …
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Think outside the box
I recently heard a story that reminded me of the importance of questioning our actions and traditions. A 12-year-old girl watched her mother prepare a family dinner and asked her why she always cut the ends off the ham. Her mother admitted that she didn’t know, but it was something her own mother always did. …
Heavy rainfall in California may not be all good for farmers
The heavy rainfall in California this year may have both positive and negative effects on fruit growers. On the positive side, many of the state’s reservoirs and groundwater reserves are full, providing a more dependable water supply. In many cases this means higher yields and better quality fruit. On the other hand, the heavy rains resulted …
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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 to avoid the intense heat. I picked just one which I promptly ate on the spot. Our job at Akorn Technology, Inc. is to figure out how to keep the remaining 29,999,999,999 …
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 could not stop eating them. Fun fact: nothing bad happens to you if you eat too many kiwis. There is no such thing as too many kiwis. Unfortunately, they are …
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 it, in a recent poll. We agree and hope you never have a bad peach experience again! Our Akorn Natural™ coatings for stone fruit extends the shelf life and quality …
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 eco-friendly option that extends fruit shelf life. If you’re interested in learning more about our product or how it can benefit your business, don’t hesitate to contact us at info@akorn.tech or visit akorn.tech/our-products. …
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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 in West Africa reduce waste by 30% and return more value to the communities that produce the fruit, without any compromise in quality and flavor. Contact us at info@akorn.tech or visit us …