FUNCTIONAL BOTANICAL EXTRACTS
Our formula is designed to combat the harmful pathogens that can develop in fresh produce anywhere along the value chain. These negative pathogens not only threaten the produce itself thereby shortening its lifespan, but they are also a threat to the humans who consume the produce. Our formula is designed to give consumers reassurance that the food they are eating has the resilience to combat harmful pathogens, fungi and viruses that may compromise the safety and quality of the food.
ANTIMICROBIAL
Our formula targets and inhibits negative microorganisms which cause harmful pathogens that can develop in fresh produce at any stage past the point of harvest. By increasing the LAB (Lactic Acid Bacteria) our formula essentially supports productive microbes whilst eliminating and decreasing the multiplication of spoiling and poisoning microbes.
ANTIBACTERIAL
Our formula is designed to combat harmful bacteria that may be acquired along the value chain responsible for undesirable illness in the produce and a final product unfit for the consumer.
ANTIFUNGAL
Our formula is designed to defend against the propagation of microfungi, yeasts and mould species within living organisms, which have negative effects on both the organism itself and the humans who consume it.
ANTIVIRAL
Our product has been rigorously tested against viral infections that threaten the health of the produce as well as the health of the humans who consume the product.
ANTIOXIDENT
Our formula increases an organism’s ability to inhibit oxidization, a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that damage the cells of the organism and speed up its ‘aging’ process, shortening its healthy life span.
IMMUNOREGULATORY
By mimicking the immune system present in the soil that plants are grown in, our formula gives fresh produce increased resistance to sicknesses that can lead to early spoilage.
DEVELOPED BY LEADING BOTANICAL EXPERTS AND SCIENTISTS, OUR FORMULA IS EFFECTIVE AT COMBATTING HARMFUL PATHOGENS.
Nature has provided some pretty impeccable schematics for keeping food healthy. Within the soil, there are complex microorganisms that work together to regulate the immune systems of growing plants. These microbial agents ensure a healthy and balanced environment for the plants to defend against illnesses and harmful pathogens.
When food is harvested, the dominant practice is to ‘cleanse’ the produce, often with nasty chemicals, thus eradicating all of the microorganisms on the plant. While this practice does remove most of the poisoning and spoiling microbes, it also gets rid of all of the productive microbes leaving the produce vulnerable to acquiring and contracting harmful pathogens at any later point.
We have studied these microorganisms in the soil and have developed what we like to refer to as an ad hoc solution to retain this natural resilience post the point of harvest.
Our formula increases the LAB (lactic acid bacteria) count within produce which assists in preserving productive microbes that combat and inhibit spoiling and poisoning microbes thus keeping the fresh produce healthy and safe for the consumer. Our product is a tool for biopreservation with the aim of keeping food fresh for longer and reducing the gross wastage of fresh food that plagues both South Africa and the world at large.
THE SCIENCE
Internationally certified tests have shown our formula to have an efficacy of log 6 at 99.9999% in 5 minutes (log 5 at 99.999% in 60 seconds) against harmful pathogens, particularly the Corona Virus (COVID-19).
Below we detail just some of the peer-reviewed literature surrounding the plant extracts we are working with, specifically citrus extract and its particular bioflavonoids and terpenoids responsible for its profound ability to combat certain negative microbiols.