2. Background
Today’s consumers are demanding foods and beverages that have high nutritional value providing healthy
food options for their families. Similarly, producers of fruits, vegetables and aquaculture products are under
increased pressure to consider ecological, environmental and economical factors which have resulted in
increased costs and correspondingly slim profit margins. Worldwide, millions of tons of fruits, vegetables
and aquaculture products are lost due to increased competition and compressed time-to-market
requirements. Further losses occurs in the food processing industries due to old habits and lack of smart
technologies.
About AgriVenture Concepts
The agricultural sector plays a very important role in society. 1
As global efforts are underway to ensure
adequate and sustainably produced food for more than 9 billion people by 2050, the issue of postharvest
losses has come to the forefront of the policy arena.These losses can occur for any number of reasons,including
crop damage, spillage during transport, and biodeterioration during storage. AgriVenture Concepts a project
of Natural World Ingredients, Inc. provides ways to reduce these losses is a triple-win that would mean
(1) improved food security, (2) greater food availability that alleviates pressure on prices, and (3)
conserved valuable land, water, and labor resources.
Business Opportunity
AgriVenture Concepts was created to bring unique and proprietary technologies for the purpose of
maximizing agriculture and aquaculture products.
• Agriculture: Our unique and proprietary dehydration technology allows fruits and
vegetables, which are not able to be sold in conventional methods to be processed
in an alternate method that preserves the quality and salability of the product while
also providing a multi-year shelf life.
• Aquaculture: The fishing industry worldwide has historically generated a high
waste-to-product ratio.This waste material is high in protein, nutrients and, in
some cases, valuable oils. Our unique and proprietary process allows the optimized
utilization of the fish waste providing significant financial returns. Additionally
key resources such as seaweed can also be processed to optimize financial returns.
• Specialized Services: AgriVenture Concepts provides unique processing methods
that allows recovery of valuable oils and by-products from fruit and vegetable seeds
producing a new revenue stream for growers.
• Disease Control: AgriVenture Concepts has established licensing arrangements
which provides effective and proven products to assist in disease control of agricultural
products.
• Soil Amelioration: Our fertile land has on average decreased in quality by 1% annually
since the 1950’s. AgriVenture Concepts specifically addresses soil issues in light of
past excessive use of fertilizer and pesticide in combination with ever increased pressure
on our scare suitable water sources for irrigation.
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Source: International Food Policy Research Institute - 2012 Global Food Policy Report
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3. Strategy and Structure
Natural World Ingredients through it AgriVenture Concepts (AC) project has assembled a formidable
collection of licensing agreements,trade secrets,cooperative alliances and patent licenses established to bring
competitive advantage to the agriculture and aquaculture industries. AC is best defined as an intellectual
properties licensing entity ready to seek strategic alliances for know-how transfers and product sales to local
partners (“Partners”).
Our potential Partners are those agriculture and aquaculture entities who elect to acquire soil amelioration
services/technologies, dehydration services/technologies, dehydration products/technologies and/or disease
control products/technologies.
The market for these additional new food commodities is handled via our global Distribution Network
Services. The Distribution Services represents the exclusive export service provided to our customers by
AC whereby customers desire to sell their locally produced agriculture and/or aquaculture products outside
of the local marketplace. AC provides post production services such as milling, seed oil extraction and
packaging. Most significantly, AC has an existing sales network to effectively market and sell
dehydrated agriculture and aquaculture products globally.
Concept:
The Circular Economy approach start with an environmental soil enhancement product/technology followed
by low capital cost, low energy conservation concept for fruit, vegetables and fish that presently are lost.
These concepts can be equally applied to either whole crop or by-products derived from traditional processes
such as filleting, canning and juice extractions.
Technologies:
• Soil amelioration product and technologies
• Low humidity air tunnel dehydration product and technologies
• Protein coating product and technologies
• Bacteria removal water-based equipment, product and technologies
• Bacteria removal air-based equipment and technologies
• Gentle micronization/liberation technologies
Soil Amelioration:
The soil amelioration and soil enhancement technologies specifically address the concerns in heavily stressed
top soils.
• Restrain topsoil from water and wind erosion
• Retain nutrients
• Reserve moisture
• Reinforce flocculation
The use of the soil amelioration products and technologies for application do fit into a holistic sustainable
ecosystem. It has the potential of a new green revolution-type effect on crop production in the world.
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4. Researchers,industry and users must cooperate to accomplish such goal.It heralds a new phase in agricultural
science of equal importance perhaps with that brought about by the first application of the synthetically
compounded fertilizers 200 years ago!
Low Humidity Air Tunnel Dehydration Processing:
Traditional drying conservation process is founded in high-heat drying.These processes are both capital
intensive and plagued by high operating costs. The high heat also tends to destroy essential nutrients in
the food. It is not uncommon that just drying energy and capital costs of these raw materials represent
over 90% of the total production cost.
AC has conducted successful proof-of-principal production runs with a wide range of different raw materials
such as seafood by-products from the fillet processor, shrimp peel from the canning industry, orange peels
from the orange juice processor, apple pomace from apple juice processor, and a wide range of fresh fruits
and vegetables. Each unique process was developed with the goal of producing a new source of human
consumable food products with a minimum storage life of at least 36 months in ambient temperatures.
The proprietary method of dehydration is unique to current methods accomplishing preferred results
without the application of heat, light, or freezing. Food products are dehydrated using a simple airflow
system at a low relative humidity level. The dehydration air tunnel can be constructed from locally
available standard construction materials. The dehydration is accomplished via simple air movements
from circulation system fed by a de-humidification process.
Both capital cost and operational costs are extremely low in comparison. The air quality is insured by air
purification systems capable of removing air borne bacteria and spores.
Protein Coating:
The AC protein coating is a trade secret, edible film, which exhibits special properties when applied to
food products in conjunction with the dehydration technology. The AC protein coating does not mask
the organoleptic characteristics of the finished dehydrated products allowing colors, tastes and aromas
to be maintained as well as retaining a high nutritional value. The AC protein coating acts as a barrier
preventing oxidation and mold growth while allowing only moisture from inside the product to escape.
Bacteria Removal Water-Based Technologies
The introduction of certain bacteria eliminating water-based technologies is also incorporated into the
AC process. Two separate and distinct water processes are offered; one involves the generation of two
types of processing water. One side is alkaline water and the other is acidic water. Each side is produced
from ionizing tap water with an electrolyzed water machine. In many tests, a strong acidic ionized water
has been shown to completely destroy common food bacteria such as salmonella, e-coli and listeria as
well as spores. The other side, alkalized water, is an excellent surface cleaner for removing oil based her-
bicides and pesticides as well as working as a non-chemical general cleaner. Both sides of the electrolyzed
water reverts back to “normal” water after usage.
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Maximizing Fruits, Vegetables and
Aquaculture Through Dehydration
Dehydrated Apples Dehydrated Carrots
Dehydrated Strawberries Dehydrated Tomatoes
Our secondary bacteria water based technology is a unique,
patented water processing method, with certifications, for the
removal of pre-processing bacteria.
Bacteria Removal Air-Based Technologies
The introduction of certain bacteria removal air-based technologies
is also incorporated into the AC process. The air ionization system
is a proprietary technology that mimic’s natures own way of
purifying air by providing balance of positive and negative ions.
Air ionization is a documented technology that simply and
efficiently eliminate particles, spores, gases and static electricity to
create a healthier indoor atmosphere for people,fresh produce and
equipment. In monitoring tests the system has shown to eliminate
micro-organisms up to 95%, odors up to 59%, and airborne
particles up to 69%.
AC’s ability to utilize the low-humidity air tunnel, protein-based
coatings, bacteria removal water-based technologies, and/or
bacteria removal air-based technologies along with AC’s know
how in such matter provides tailored solutions.
A Case Study of Fish:
Eighty percent (80%) or more of the “catch of the day” goes to
waste or at best is converted into low value by-products, such as
pet food or fertilizer. What happened to the rest of the fish, you
probably never wondered when purchasing a fresh salmon fillet in
the store!
The AC process will up-grade the fish by-products to a food grade
nutritional powder that can easily be re-constituted
(re-hydrated) at destination to a variety of local dishes.
Over eighty percent (80%) of the fish by-product consists
of water. Traditionally removal of water is expensive and
destructive of the many inherent nutrients. Nutrients are
sensitive to heat. Additionally, heat based drying requires costly
capital equipment and high operating costs.
Until now,this valuable resource has not been available for human
consumption. Most regions have laws prohibiting the disposal of
the fish waste. These laws are rarely enforced due to lack of viable
alternatives. Present processes, via heat and chemicals, has
Coho Salmon
Coho Salmon
Dehydrated Flakes
Coho Salmon
Micronized Powder
Dehydrated Shrimp Shells Micronized Shrimp Shells
Natural Seaweed Dehydrated Seaweed
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Minimizing Cell Destruction
Through Proprietary Technology
limited the source to low value “waste streams”such as fertilizer and generic low quality fish meal and oil.
In conclusion, the AC process, incorporating all or some of our unique and proprietary processes (protein
coating, air tunnels, air-based and water-based bacterial removal systems) along with our experience
and process know-how,is able to provide a process to convert this by-product material into high-quality
food grade products.
A Revolutionary Milling Technology:
A critical element of this unique and proprietary
process involves a specialized micronization
technology known as the Hurricane Comminution
Reactor (HCR). This unique patent-pending
mill has the ability to suspend material in a vortex
of fluid (most commonly air) that is directed
through the mill in a non-linear pattern.
The stress that is directed onto the material
being processed comminute the material along
natural structural planes. The HCR allows precise control of velocity that best suits the material’s
density and flexibility to “tease it apart”.
The patent pending HCR milling technology allows for a gentle micronization without destroying the cell
structures thereby uniquely keeping for example the fatty acids intact in the final fish powder for long
term ambient room temperature storage.
Traditional milling (destruction), being mainly a two dimensional destructive force, tend to inject both heat
and high impact/shearing forces into the material that rupture cell structures and initiate rapid degradation
of air sensitive fatty acids (omegas) in the fish powder.
Furthermore, the HCR milling technology (liberation) “gently” stresses cell structures apart along natural
boundaries and thereby take advantage of nature’s own protection against oxidation and losses. Valuable
nutrients are intact inside the micronized power that also easily rehydrates.
The HCR technology provides a unique opportunity to produce cold-pressed organic seed oils and to convert
press cake to valuable powder commodities. The AC team has significant experience in seed oil liberation
and oil pressing.
Low oil content seeds such as grape seeds and blueberry seeds are traditionally solvent extracted. The HCR
process enables an organic approach via an initial liberation and later concentration of the oil bearing
components of any seed. The concentration allows an organic cold press technology to economically compete
successfully with less expensive solvent extraction without any risk of harmful chemical residues.The result
is a highly valued organic oil produced at or below solvent extraction costs.
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Proprietary Technology for
Disease Control
As an authorized representative of Ocion Water
Sciences Group, AC provides new and innovative
technology for disease control of agricultural products
worldwide.
OCION technology makes water safe by specializing in
water solutions for agricultural, industrial and
recreational purposes. It protects against the ravages of
algae, bacteria and other undesirable microbes. It keeps
irrigation lines clean and efficient. It manages organic
waste and stifle noxious gases. It prevents and controls
crop diseases.
Naturally Control Plant Diseases
OCION is a unique mineral-based foliar spray that
offers superior performance at low doses to control and
prevent fungal and bacterial plant diseases in
greenhouses, nurseries and fields.
OCION can be used on a wide range of food crops,
non-food crops, annuals & perennials, tropical foliage
plants, potted flowering plants, shrubs, vines, trees and
turfgrasses, and is suitable for commercial greenhouses,
nurseries, and field applications.
Product Benefits
• Utilizes the natural antimicrobial properties of
mineral ions
• Presents minerals in their most biologically
active form
• Liquid concentrate provides dust-free mixing
and application
• Superior biological efficacy of pathogen control
with low application rates
• Effective against a wide range of bacterial
and fungal plant diseases
• Controls nuisance algae growth in turfgrass
Environmentally responsible, safe, and cost
effective.
Grapes
Greenhouse crops
Potato crops
Sugar Beet crops
Olive crops
Blueberry crop
