fruit leather.
Fruit leather is a manufactured, natural polymer, cellulose fiber. Fruit leather is patented by Fruitleather Rotterdam, who are developing a new, eco-friendly process that converts leftover fruits into a durable leather-like material. The material is being further developed so that it will be strong enough to be used for shoes, handbags and other products in the future.
Fruit leather is currently comprised of fruit waste from fruit importers in the Netherlands.
From all the fruit that is produced for consumption, 45% gets thrown away. 30% of the earths agricultural land is used to produce food that eventually will be thrown away.
Farmers tend to leave up to 40% of their harvest in the fields, because it does not meet the cosmetic standards for the supermarkets.10% of all greenhouse gasses in rich countries is emitted by producing food that will never be eaten.
In order to get a leather look, a final finishing is applied.
