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Our innovation is a natural food additive, that can extend the shelf life of fresh-cut products and natural juices, at least 5x more than the most common existing solutions
About
Why we developed improVITA? About 40% of the fruit produced in the world is wasted, from which more than 1/3 is wasted by the consumers. One of the reasons for this waste is oxidation, that starts occurring as soon as you cut a piece of fruit. When we focus on fruits that are sold packed and ready for consumption, companies have developed strategies to extend their shelf-life, but the current solutions only allow a shelf-life of 5 to 6 days, which ends up narrowing potential clients worldwide due to transport limitations. In this context, we developed ImproVITA as a disruptive solution to increase the shelf life of fresh cut fruits and vegetables, and natural juices, since it provides the unique advantage of significantly extending the life span of antioxidants, without using artificial preservatives, and contributing to the reduction of generated waste. Conventional food preservatives are based only in the antioxidant ascorbic acid, but ImproVITA is an eutectic mixture with dissolved ascorbic acid, which can extend the life time of this preservative up to 5 times. ImproVITA is easy-to-use, versatile, food grade, vegan, natural and allergen-free, and has clear competitive advantages when comparing to other solutions, such as synthetic chemical preservatives, natural stabilizers or techniques to control physico-chemical properties (e.g. modified atmosphere packaging).
Key Benefits
If ImproVITA increases the shelf life of the products, then our clients should expect: 1. Added-value food products 2. Less wasted food 3. Higher returns 4. Distribution efficiency 5. Lower costs 6. New opportunities. We highlight the advantage in distribution, once the shelf life increase allows that the products can be transported during more time and reach more distant countries, without losing quality.
Applications
Our innovation is applicable to the market segments of Food Processing Industry and Restaurant industry. DES Solutio business model is a B2B approach, and our clients are: - IV range products* Industries; - Fruit Pulp Industries; - Catering Companies; - Supermarkets/Food retailers *IV range products: fruits and vegetables ready for consumption