Innovative solution that extends shelf-life of fresh food

To reduce food waste, Agree NET developed a biobased and biodegradable device to protect fresh fruits and vegetables: the device is a small active tag (1-euro-coin-like dimensions) that once is placed within fruit packaging, releases natural and plant-extracted substances that reduce fungi and bacteria proliferation, thus extending the shelf-life of packed fresh produce.

Contacts sought:

• collaborative pilot projects with stakeholders interested in adopting our product, looking to gather essential information to refine and scale the solution, demonstrating its feasibility and impact on reducing food waste by using agricultural by-products. We have already carried out, in collaboration with industrial partners, lab-scale pilot tests in realistic-environment conditions with promising results, paving the way for mass adoption among target produce.

• Cooperation with stakeholders interested in adopting the patented technology, to refine and scale the solution, demonstrating its feasibility and impact on reducing food waste by using natural plug-and-play solutions: in particular fruit distributors, packers, and retailers (GDO) to continue testing and validating the product on fresh fruits such as whole or cut citrus, berries, cherries, strawberries and table grape. The cooperation will be in the form of material transfer agreement with technical assistance, aimed at becoming a Supply Commercial Agreement once regulatory testing is concluded.

• Enterprises in the food packaging sector who are active in open-innovation and are interested in either co-developing groundbreaking packaging solutions leveraging on the startup’s technology, or provide services for the production of the device at scale.