The purpose of beeswax wraps is to serve as a reusable solution to single-use cellophane and saran wraps. Composed of cloth fabric, coated with a layer of food grade beeswax, rosin, and coconut oils. All of this leaves you with a pliable tacky-textured fabric, from natural sources, that will help preserve food. The combination of cotton fabric and natural solutions makes them pliable and rigid, so that they can be made to fit any container with ease while maintaining their shape. The combination of wax, rosin (a form of plant resin), and oils act as an airtight seal.

Aside from benefiting you by keeping food fresh, they also help the environment. Single-use plastics such as cellophane and saran wrap can be detrimental to wildlife and the environment. Once discarded they can end up in the ocean, often mistaken for food by sea turtles and other wildlife. That’s unacceptable! We didn’t suffer through trying to drink thick milkshakes from a straw that has the structural integrity of a wet noodle for nothing. So, if you’re interested in helping the environment and reducing your carbon footprint, beeswax wraps are a great way to do so.

On top of being a benefit to you and the environment, it’s good for the community. Due to the nature of the product, most companies creating them are small businesses. Like any other small business, they become a crucial part of the communities where they reside. Money invested in these small companies by purchasing from them will primarily remain within the community, often being reinvested in the company. This uplifts these areas, creating jobs and opportunities. We all love it when the little guys win.

Not wasting food, saving the environment, and helping small businesses is great, but are they even cute? You bet they are! It’s easy to get caught up in social responsibility. Often, we’re so eager to help and do right we forget about us. That’s one of the best things about beeswax wraps, they’re something we can enjoy while feeling good about using. Thanks to the simplicity of the product, there seems to be no end to the various styles, patterns, and designs these wraps come in. If you just want to pzazz up your fridge a little, beeswax wraps will have you (and your leftovers) covered.

Lastly, by supporting these companies you’re helping save the bees. Increasing demand for bee-based products means that companies and keepers are encouraged to grow their hives. Larger hives means more bees, more bees mean more pollination, and more pollination means better and more thriving ecosystems. Each time someone purchases a beeswax wrap it leads to a more sustainable ecosystem around us. So, if you like to stop and smell the flowers, beeswax wraps will make sure there’s more flowers to sniff.

Abeego was founded in 2008. Hoping to be a company that represents appreciating the world around us and doing right by those we share it with. The company set out five simple rules. They wanted to remain Plastic free, all-natural, edible, serve as a natural preservative, and remain FDA-approved. It is a methodology that has served them and their customers well over the last decade and a half.

Founded by Amy Hall, Goldilocks Goods is a small business based out of Victoria, British Columbia. Making handmade small-batch beeswax wraps, the company is equal parts business and activism, championing the push to reduce plastics in our oceans, waterways, and homes.

Like many great success stories, Nature Bee started in a parents’ garage with great ambitions. Since then, it has blossomed into a thriving all-female company, and those ideals have only strengthened. With a strong focus on educating others on sustainability the brand not only makes an impact with their own products but by encouraging customers to find other outlets to reduce through.

After some experimenting, the founders of LilyBee, Miko and Stacia, created their own recipe of wraps that they believed could make a positive impact on the world. Partnering in business and life, the two pride themselves on their handmade, plastic-free, and biodegradable works of art.

The founders of Bee’s Wrap believe in keeping it simple. When faced with to problem of needless waste, they looked to nature for the solution. Knowing the resourcefulness and opportunity that nature provides they leaned into that believe, sourcing all-natural materials and crafting their own unique recipe.