Waste-Reducing Fridge Hydrators

Skipper is a new consumer brand bringing attention to the humidity gap, and help produce stay fresh up to three times longer in the fridge. Designed to live in the crisper drawer, this new fridge hydration technology continuously releases purified water vapor to maintain the hydration that keeps produce crisp and vibrant. "We've all been taught that putting food in the refrigerator is how you keep it fresh," said Sean Knutsen, CEO of Boveda Inc., parent company of Skipper. "But the refrigerator was really only designed to do one thing well: manage temperature. The crisper drawer was an acknowledgment that humidity matters, but acknowledging something and actually controlling it are two very different things. When you think about how much food people throw away every week, and how much money that represents, it becomes hard to see this as a minor inconvenience. It's a systemic gap in how we've long thought about food storage."

Skipper makes the most of Boveda's two-way humidity control technology and promises to help people reduce food waste, save money, and get more value from the grocery store.