{"id":48766,"date":"2025-07-12T16:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/?p=48766"},"modified":"2025-07-12T16:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T16:22:54","slug":"toxic-apeel-food-spray-fda-approved-on-organic-produce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/?p=48766","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Toxic\u2019 APEEL Food Spray FDA Approved on Organic Produce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Apeel (an edible, plant-based coating designed to extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables) was just approved and now \u2018organic\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michelle Pfeiffer Sparks Controversy Over \u2018Toxic\u2019 Food Spray Used on Organic Produce\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z2mGbqctm_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pfeiffer posted a list of stores that do not use APEEL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Natural Grocers:<\/strong> Natural Grocers issued a public corporate statement saying they do not carry any produce or items that have been treated withApeel&#8217;s food coatings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><strong>Sprouts Farmers Markets:<\/strong> Sprouts recently made a decision to not carry any produce that&#8217;s treated with Apeel. They annnounced this internally to<br \/>employees, but have not made a public statement of policy yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><strong>Costco:<\/strong> Costco partnered with Apeel as far back as 2018 but recently stopped carrying any produce treated with Apeel. Their corporate produce department said they have no plans to ever sell<br \/>produce treated with Apeel again. The Limoneira lemons they carry are not treated with Apeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Publix:<\/strong> Publix will not purchase any produce that&#8217;s been treated with Apeel&#8217;s food coatings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><strong>H-E-B;<\/strong> H-E-B does not use any items treated with Apeel in the products they manufacture.<br \/>They are not actively seeking out or requesting items treated with Apeel. The responsibility<br \/>ultimately falls on their suppliers to adhere to their requests, so there is not a 100% guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><strong>Trader Joes:<\/strong> Trader Joes no longer sources any produce treated with Apeel&#8217;s food coatings. They have not released a public statement or policy. I requested that they do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><strong>Erewhon:<\/strong> Does not source any produce treated with Apeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 2025 &#8220;Apeel (an edible, plant-based coating designed to extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables) was just approved and now \u2018organic\u2019.&#8221; Pfeiffer posted a list of stores that do not use APEEL. Natural Grocers: Natural Grocers issued a public corporate statement saying they do not carry any produce or items that have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/?p=48766\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Toxic\u2019 APEEL Food Spray FDA Approved on Organic Produce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivational","category-the-future-of-food"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48769,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48766\/revisions\/48769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectwaistline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}