for Fruits and Vegetables A Post-Harvest Solution ALOECOAT 1-BIO Edible Coating for Fruits and Vegetables A Post-Harvest Solution A Sustainable Product by Aloe Eco Park SAPI de C.V

MAIN PROBLEMS IN THE FRESH PRODUCE BUSINESS FOOD SAFETY POTENTIAL AND REAL DANGEROUS SITUATIONS RELATED TO FRESH PRODUCE CONTAMINATION DUE TO DIFFERENT FACTORS ALONG THE DIFFERENT STAGES IN THE VALUE CHAIN (PRODUCTION – PACKING – TRANSPORTATION – HANDLING – DISTRIBUTION – RETAIL EXHIBITION) SHORT SHELF LIFE LOSES DUE TO LIMITED SHELF LIFE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FAO ESTIMATES THE TOTAL LOSES IN FOODS TO BE 1,300 MILLION TONS WITH A VALUE OF U$S 1,900 BILLIONS THERE ARE MORE THAN 1,000 MILLION HUNGRY PEOPLE ON EARTH AND THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE FOODS HAS BEEN LOWERING SINCE 1970. MANKIND PRIORITY IS TO PRODUCE, KEEP AND DISTRIBUTE SAFE AND QUALITY FOOD TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE LIFE ON OUR PLANET

OUR TECHNOLOGICAL SOUTION

ALOECOAT 1-BIO - MODE OF ACTION ALOECOAT 1-BIO CREATES AN EDIBLE COATING PROTECTING INDIVIDUALLY EACH FRUIT/VEGETABLE THROUGH A POLYSACCHARIDE BASED FILM ALOECOAT 1-BIO FORMS A BARRIER AGAINST MOISTURE AND GASES O2/CO2/ETHYLENE. IT RESTRICTS THE VOLATILE GASES EXCHANGING, THUS EXTENDING SIGNIFICANTLY THE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE´S SHELF LIFE ALOE NANO COMPOUNDS ACEMANNAN AND CRISOPHANIC ACID AMONG OTHERS, PROVIDES BACTERICIDAL AND ANTI FUNGICAL FUNCTIONS

ALOECOAT 1-BIO - BENEFITS ALOECOAT SIGNIFICANTLY EXTENDS THE PRODUCT SHELF LIFE ALOECOAT HELPS IN FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM BY IMPROVING THE BACTERICIDAL, GERMICIDAL AND FUNGICIDAL FUNCTIONS ALOECOAT GIVES INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION TO EACH FRUIT & VEGETABLE FOR A LONGER TIME ALOECOAT IMPROVES QUALITY SINCE IT KEEPS TEXTURE AND IMPROVE APPEARANCE IT DOES NOT CHANGE COLOR IT DOES NOT CHANGE FLAVOR

ALOECOAT 1-BIO – VALUE PROPOSAL TO EXTEND SHELF LIFE AND INCREASE THE FOOD SAFETY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL EDIBLE COATING. OUR ALOE BASED BIOFILM HAS POTENT BIOCOMPONENTS THAT DECREASE THE PERSPIRATION RATE AND INCREASE THE ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTI FUNGICAL PROTECION

ALOECOAT 1-BIO – VALUE PROPOSAL TO INCREASE FOOD SAFETY TO THE FRESH PRODUCE SECTOR THE INCREASED FOOD SAFETY REACHES TO FINAL CONSUMER SUPPLY CHAIN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWERS

COMPARISON TO OTHER SOLUTIONS BASED ON THREE (3) MAIN ATTRIBUTES ATTRIBUTES EVALUATED SHELF LIFE EXTENSION ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIFUNGICAL PROTECTION IMPROVEMENT IN PRODUCT BRIGHTNESS NOTES ASSIGNED VALUES TO EACH SOLUTION IS DEFINED BASED ON ITS ATTRIBUTES. FOR INSTANCE, THE WAX ONLY IMPROVES THE PRODUCT BRIGHTNESS, SO IT IS COUNTED AS ONE ATTRIBUTE, SINCE IT DOES NOT OFFER ANTIBACTERIAL OR ANTIFUNGICAL PROTECTION ASSIGNED VALUES TO EACH ATTRIBUTE FOLLOWS THE CRITERIA OF FOOD SAFETY TO SUPPLY CHAIN. THE HIGHER THE FOOD SAFETY OFFERED BY A SOLUTION, THE HIGHER THE ASSIGNED VALUE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SOLUTIONS.

MAIN ATTRIBUTES OF SOLUTIONS NOTE: SUSTAINABILITY ATTRIBUTE NOT CONSIDERED IN CALCULATION FUNCTIONS AND ATTRIBUTES OF PRODUCT  SHELF LIFE EXTENSION ANTI BACTERIAL PROTECTION ANTI FUNGICAL PROTECTION BRIGHTNESS CUMMULATIVE VALUE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY VALUE ATTRIBUTE VALUE  TOTAL BASIS 100 50 15 25 10 100 100% FOOD GRADE WAX 10% BACTERICIDE 15% XTEND BAG 75 75% ALOECOAT 1-BIO 5 95 95%

PRODUCTS COST BASIS: 18 TON SHIPMENT NOTE 1: ALOECOAT 1-BIO PRICES MAY CHANGE ACCRODING TO DISCOUNT POLICIES. IN HIGHER VOLUMES, LOWER PRICES ARE APPLIED. NOTE 2: FOR ALOECOAT 1-BIO THE EXAMPLES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LIST PRICE WITH FOUR (4) DOSAGE OPTIONS PRODUCT U$S PRICE PER LITER REQUIRED VOLUME PER 18 TON SHIPMENT (IN LITERS) COST IN U$S PER 18 TON SHIPMENT FOOD GRADE WAX 3.75 9 33.75 BACTERICIDE 5.00 10 50 XTEND BAG 0.25 1800 UNID 450 ALOECOAT 1-BIO 100% 4.80 100 480 ALOECOAT 1-BIO 75% 75 360 ALOECOAT 1-BIO 50% 240 ALOECOAT 1-BIO 25% 25 120

CONCLUSSIONS ALOECOAT 1-BIO COVERS 95% OF THE PROTECTION REQUIREMENT OF ANY FRUIT OR VEGETABLE – IT´S A GREEN & SUSTAINABLE PROTECTION FOOD GRADE WAX, WITH AN AVERAGE PRICE OF U$S 33 PER 18 TON SHIPMENT ONLY OFFERS A 10% OF TOTAL PROTECTION!! A BACTERICIDE, WITH AN AVERAGE PRICE OF U$S 50 PER 18 TON SHIPMENT ONLY GIVES A 15% PROTECTION THE XTEND BAG, WITH AN AVERAGE PRICE OF U$S 480 PER 18 TON SHIPMENT GIVES A 75% PROTECTION ALOECOAT 1-BIO, WITH AN AVERAGE PRICE OF U$S 260 (CONSIDERING THE FOUR DOSAGE OPTIONS) PER 18 TON SHIPMENT GIVES A 95% OF TOTAL PROTECTION COST TO BENEFIT RELATIONSHIP IS HIGHER WHEN USING OUR TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION ALOECOAT 1-BIO

ALOECOAT 1-BIO OFFERS FOOD SAFETY SHELF LIFE EXTENSION UNALTERED FLAVOR IT CREATES VALUE FOR RETAILERS AND FINAL CONSUMERS IT IMPROVES THE SUPPLY CHAIN INCOME IT IS GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE IT HAS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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