Apeel

Apeel Sciences is a food technology company headquartered in Santa Barbara, California that develops plant-based protective coatings which extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. The company uses food-grade ingredients derived from the peels, pulp, and seeds of plants to create a thin, edible layer that reinforces produce's natural peel, slowing water loss and oxidation. This extends peak taste, juiciness, and nutrient retention while reducing reliance on refrigeration, waxes, pesticides, and plastic packaging across the fresh-produce supply chain. Apeel positions itself as a sustainability and food-waste leader, reporting that since 2021 its technology has prevented millions of pieces of fruit from spoiling, avoided tens of thousands of metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions, and conserved billions of liters of water. Its products have undergone regulatory review in the United States, European Union, and other markets. Apeel is a portfolio company of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and was added to the API Evangelist network as a venture-portfolio lead. It publishes no public developer API, developer portal, or machine-readable API specification as of this profile.

Apeel is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Food Technology, AgTech, Sustainability, and Food Waste.

Apeel’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 4 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyFood TechnologyAgTechSustainabilityFood WasteSupply ChainConsumer Packaged GoodsAgricultureNorth America

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/apeel: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apeel
name: Apeel
description: Apeel Sciences is a food technology company headquartered in Santa Barbara, California that develops plant-based
  protective coatings which extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. The company uses food-grade ingredients
  derived from the peels, pulp, and seeds of plants to create a thin, edible layer that reinforces produce's natural peel,
  slowing water loss and oxidation. This extends peak taste, juiciness, and nutrient retention while reducing reliance on
  refrigeration, waxes, pesticides, and plastic packaging across the fresh-produce supply chain. Apeel positions itself as
  a sustainability and food-waste leader, reporting that since 2021 its technology has prevented millions of pieces of fruit
  from spoiling, avoided tens of thousands of metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions, and conserved billions of liters of
  water. Its products have undergone regulatory review in the United States, European Union, and other markets. Apeel is a
  portfolio company of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and was added to the API Evangelist network as a venture-portfolio lead.
  It publishes no public developer API, developer portal, or machine-readable API specification as of this profile.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.apeel.com/favicon.ico
x-type: company
x-category: Food Technology
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Food Technology
- AgTech
- Sustainability
- Food Waste
- Supply Chain
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Agriculture
- North America
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apeel-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apeel.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://apeel.substack.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.apeel.com/contact-us
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.apeel.com/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.apeel.com/terms-of-service
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence