date:Sep 17, 2013
innovation.
According to Mr Pavlath, edible films were used at least as early as the 1100s, when merchants in citrus-growing regions of southern China used wax to preserve oranges shipped by caravan to the Emperors table in the North.
People in Europe for centuries preserved fresh fruit with larding a coating of the melted fat from hogs. The coatings sealed off the fruit, preventing the exchange of gasses with the air, which is essential for sustaining good quality.
Modern coatings allow gas