Saniblues is a natural post-harvest solution for blueberries developed by Sanifruit, a Valencian biotechnology company with more than 37 years of experience in the sector. According to its CEO, Javier Biel“We've been working alongside companies for over 37 years, listening to market needs and studying how we can help them with our natural solutions. We help them not only become more sustainable companies, but also more profitable. Ultimately, entrepreneurs want to make a profit from their work.”

Sanifruit now has 11 natural solutions on the market for a variety of crops, including blueberries, citrus fruits, stone fruit, watermelon and melon, plantain and banana, pear and apple, avocado, pepper, tomato, zucchini, mango, and papaya. These solutions are marketed worldwide and are designed to protect fruit from external damage, increase its commercial quality, and reduce dehydration during transportation and marketing.

Alternative to phytosanitary products

And that is Sanifruit's true know-how: offering an alternative to phytosanitary products. This is also how the company was born. SaniBlues, a natural formulation that, after more than 4 years of development, was launched on the market in 2023 with great acceptance from its customers and which has achieved that, today, more than 35 million kilos of blueberries are being treated in the market.

It is a organic and vegan formulated, based food grade plant extracts for the treatment of blueberries online: It acts by protecting the fruit from alterations caused by external agents, increasing the percentage of fruit with commercial quality and reducing dehydration during subsequent transport and marketing.

The findings of the 2024 campaign showed that:

• Extends the shelf life of blueberries
• Reduces claims for rot by around 50%
• Controls dehydration by more than 15%
• Reduces soft fruit by 50%
• Maintains bloom preservation longer than untreated fruit

SaniBlues extends the shelf life of your blueberries

Average results obtained by evaluating an average of 70-80 tubs.

CONCLUSIONS

• Reduction in the number of affected containers by 78% after the container reaches its destination.
• In other words, for every 100 tubs, the control tub has 25 with fungal infections, while the SaniBlues-treated tub only has 5.
• Fruit No treatment has 5 times more chances of receiving a claim.

SHRIVELING

Distribution at different evaluation levels - Arrival at destination after 35 days

Average results obtained by evaluating an average of 70-80 tubs.

CONCLUSIONS

•            El treatment of blueberries with SaniBlues generates more fruits at level 1, that is, in the best possible marketing state. Specifically a 35% more (absolute value).

% SOFT FRUIT

Customer Treatment (COVERPLUS) vs SaniBlues

CONCLUSIONS:

• A 5,5% reduction in soft fruit (percentage value) is observed compared to the client's treatment.

Benefits for exporting companies

Los Sanifruit post-harvest treatments, They offer, among others, the following benefits for exporting companies:

• Reduction of complaints at destination, which increases the service level and the recognition of a company with quality products.
• Access to markets restricted by MRLs and active ingredients. Fruit can travel farther with higher quality upon arrival.
• Improved visual appearance of the fruit and longer shelf life.
• Respect for people and the environment, as the solutions are developed with food-grade plant extracts.

For more information, you can go to www.sanifruit.com and fill out the contact form. A postharvest expert will contact you as soon as possible.