Fruit coating

Fruit waxing is the process of covering fruits (and in some cases vegetables) with artificial waxing material. Natural wax is removed first, usually by washing. Waxing materials may be either natural or petroleum-based.

Food production and preservation is an important social issue of increasing concern from ancient time onwards and deserves allocation of more research efforts to investigate the preservation of fresh fruits and vegetables. As per National Food Safety Database of Wax Coatings on Fruits and Vegetables, US, 1914, waxing is very common in fruits and vegetables for different roles and applications. Major losses in quality and quantity of fresh fruits which occur between harvest and consumption can be overcome by coating as it can provide an alternative to storage by reducing quality changes and quantity losses through control of internal atmosphere of the individual fruit.