The peelable labels we find on fruit could soon be changing after an inventor came up with a revolutionary new product.
Electrical engineer and designer Scott Amron from New York told Gizmag he had become frustrated with the printed labels that are stuck on to apples and other fresh fruits because they only display a small amount of information and are then thrown away.
So, he devised the Fruitwash label, which transforms into a kind of organic soap when water is added to it.
Consumers can then rub the product to clean it of any wax, pesticides and fungicides before the label completely dissolves.
"We buy, wash and eat fruit. So, the wash step was the next thing the label should help with," Mr Amron commented.
In August, the Penticton Western News reported that a new kind of packaging container technology had been developed in Canada that could allow fruit and vegetables to be kept fresher for longer.
Denny Bros Ltd, 08 November 2011
