These snug caps keep your food fresh and reduce waste

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There's little that's more frustrating than throwing away spoiled food and knowing you wasted money. The culprits are usually half-eaten fruits and vegetables or forgotten packages of meat hiding in the back of the refrigerator.

To help increase the shelf life of your produce, Adrienne McNicholas and Michelle Ivankovic launched Food Huggers. These brightly-colored silicone caps fit snugly over cut produce and mimic the protection of the food's natural skin. Not just for preserving fruits and vegetables, these food savers are also great for covering jars, cans, and other small open containers.

You can see the food huggers in action in the video above, and you can buy them here.