RediRipe is a technology created at the

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which detects the production of

ethylene Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or . It is a colourless, flammable gas with a faint "sweet and musky" odour when pure. It is the simplest alkene (a hydrocarbon with carbon-carbon double bonds). Ethylene i ...

, a natural ripening hormone, and displaying that detection by means of a color-changing sticker that changes from white to blue. The technology was created in the lab of Mark Riley at the

. In conjunction with the

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's McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, the technology was being developed into a viable business that will assist the apple and pear industries in their efforts to improve their efficiency by integrating technology into their age-old processes. Additionally, this technology has potential on other climacteric fruits which emit ethylene as they ripen.

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*{{cite web , title=A Simple Ethylene-Detecting Device to Determine Ripeness of Individual Apples In Orchard - REDIRIPE, LLC , url=https://reeis.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0206583-a-simple-ethylene-detecting-device-to-determine-ripeness-of-individual-apples-in-orchard.html , website=reeis.usda.gov , accessdate=6 June 2020 Food technology University of Arizona Agricultural technology