Great results in a trial on pineapples that were shipped from Costa Rica to Italy

great results in a trial on pineapples that were shipped from Costa Rica to Italy. And in the News section: Prof. Jorge Fonseca Associate Professor, Postharvest & Produce Safety, The University of Arizona, conducted a trial in November 2009. The main objective was to determine any benefits provided by NatraLife® as a biocoat of commercial pineapple fruits during transit to Europe and postharvest storage. The study included a conventional wax that is currently used by a number of pineapple companies. From the report – "NatraLife is an organic coating that has shown significant benefits for enhancing quality of pineapples during postharvest storage and transportation hardly observed with other coatings under similar scenarios, as far as we are concerned. In this work, the benefits were most evident in terms of reduction of pitting and molds in the commercial trial and pitting in the simulation trial, as compared to the conventional wax+fungicide system which is used by most packinghouses in the industry."

15.01.2010 |

Big packinghouse of tomatoes is using NatraLife for tomatoes

Big packinghouse of tomatoes is using NatraLife for tomatoes. And in the News section: a big packinghouse for tomatoes in Culiacán, Mexico, did some trials on tomatoes and found out that results with NatraLife are significantly better then conventional wax they used. The grower, 75,000 mt seasonally, adopted NatraLife for the whole season after he got very positive feedback from his broker in the US.

05.01.2010 |

Four packinghouses in Spain are using NatraLife for peppers

Four packinghouses in Spain are using NatraLife for peppers. And in the news section: four packinghouses in Almería, Spain, are using NatraLife for peppers. After some trials on peppers in the 2008-2009 season with excellent results in freshness retaining, PhiloSeed España (Natratec partner for Spain, Portugal and Morocco) has started selling NatraLife to big packinghouses in Almería, Spain. NatraLife gives the users great advantages in the market, helping them to diversify the market, regulate the markets – in case of overabundance in markets, growers and distributors can keep the coated fruits in the cool storage for few days more and wait to normal prices and reduce the weight loss.