Company Profile

With a primary emphasis on extending the shelf life of fresh produce - helping to enable a safer, more sustainable food supply-chain - Ryp Labs (formerly dba StixFresh) is approaching the final stage of development to achive in-use condition of its initial, innovative food-waste reduction technology called StixFresh. The latter is a sticker that - when applied to the surface of a target fruit - can safely extend its shelf life by up to 14 days. With an expected 2022 launch of ithe firm's StixFresh product in the consumer market. management indicated that the appraoch is already undergoing pilot studies with global retailers and distributors - with an impressive 15%-30% reduction in losses on strawberries, blueberries, nectarines, and mandarins with its sachets and stickers. Ryp offering coated sheets, sachets, and other formulation-carrier formats. Currently, Ryp Labs’ product line targets the fruits and vegetable but is on track to expand its waste reduction solutions throughout the food and agriculture industries, including meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy, cut flowers, and plants. Founded in 2017 under the name StixFresh USA, Inc., Ryp Labs’ first technology comprised of food label stickers, coated with a safe, all-natural, patent-pending formulation The compounds making up the formulation work together in the vapor phase to create a protective layer around fruit, slowing down over-ripening and potential spoilage.