FAQ – EN

Unlike conventional packaging, a food coating is edible and gives the product additional properties.

With our Prosane coating, we provide the coated fruit or vegetable with real active protection which, on the one hand, reduces its natural respiration, thus extending its ripening time, and, on the other, fights against the specific pathogens (fungi, bacteria) that target them.

Our coating is a synergistic blend of biopolymers and plant-derived ingredients. It’s an all-natural solution, compatible with organic farming.

Thanks to the double protection offered by our coating, the coated fruit or vegetable matures more slowly in a natural way. Its nutritional composition is thus preserved for longer.

In compliance with European regulations, our coating has no taste or odor, and does not alter the physical or chemical properties of the protected food!

All the constituents of our coating are already used in human food, and their safety has been widely proven. The coating can therefore be consumed without any danger. It is also easy to remove with a simple splash of water.

Proteme’s mission is to offer ecological alternatives to the conventional products that growers use to protect their crops. With 100% ingredients of fungal or plant origin, our coating is entirely biodegradable and environmentally friendly!

Our coating is designed to be easily removed under running water.

For those who wish to remove it or who are used to washing their fruit and vegetables, we offer you the possibility of consuming your produce without any post-harvest treatment!

As each fruit and vegetable has unique biological characteristics, they are targeted by different bacteria and fungi. This specificity of living organisms leads us to create a solution adapted to each fruit and vegetable!

For the moment, our Prosane range covers bananas and citrus fruits. In the future, we aim to extend it to the most fragile fruits requiring sustainable solutions: melons, kiwis, stone fruits…

The aim, of course, is to be totally transparent with the consumer.

We are therefore studying the various possible solutions (labeling, laser marking, etc.) to find the one that will be consistent with our commitments and at a reasonable cost.