FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• Be the leader in your industry and introduce a world first frozen avocado product to your market (patented and trademarked).
• Set a new ‘standard’ in using Natavo Natural IQF avocado products in your country.
• For suppliers and distributors you can upgrade your own product portfolio and supply a better product to your existing customers.
• Realise an increase in your market share by offering a superior frozen avocado product to the customers of your competitors.
• For the food service industry who may currently use fresh avocado, you now have a frozen avocado product option that will be more consistent.
• No preparation and no wastage means your kitchen is more efficient and economical.
• Use a great tasting product that is new to the food service industry, who doesn’t want an ‘All Natural’ avocado product with an extended shelf life of 10 days (refrigerated) in any cut style.
• Feel safe that you are providing a 100 % safe and certified avocado product to your customers worldwide.

We are currently producing frozen avocado slices and frozen diced (chunks) avocado. As well as a smashed avocado (chunky pulp) product and a 30g individual smashed avocado portion pot product.

No. Our technology is calibrated specifically for producing Natavo Natural IQF avocado products and can only be used to process avocados.

GREAT TASTE – Natavo Natural Avocado products are the closest taste to fresh avocados.

ALL NATURAL – No chemical, no additives, no processing aides, just 100% clean label avocado.

EXTENDED SHELF LIFE – 10 days extra shelf life in any style (refrigerated, even after the bag is opened). A minimum of 1 year in the freezer.

100 % SAFETY – Natavo™ technology features a proven ‘Kill Step’. (certified by leading US lab)

The technology carries significant intellectual property, developed from years of research. Please accept that a full disclosure of technology and components is not in the interest of the business. We can tell you that our patented process utilises natural forces only, there are no chemical or additives used, it is a 100% clean label all natural product.

HPP does NOT stop browning at all. HPP is a food safety technology only and the HPP treated avocado will go brown within a few hours of opening the bag. HPP only works on pulp. It does NOT work on slices, diced, chunks. It is also a far more expensive technology to purchase and maintain.

Natavo™ gives 10 days shelf life (after opening the bag), it has a food safety step equal to HPP, it works on cut avocado pieces including slices, diced, chunks, pulp and smashed avocado.

Yes. There is a distinct microbiological ‘kill’ step employed in the technology. Unwanted pathogens and bacteria are eliminated to below standard regulatory limits (certified by leading US lab).

All avocados processed with the Natavo™ technology are 100 % food safe. Guaranteed. This validation certifies that the Natavo™ process and the frozen avocado product produced from it are fully food safe, and includes satisfactory completion of pathogen challenge tests to log 6, microbiological proofing and certificate of analysis.

Apart from a very slight change in texture and even smaller change in flavour, all other organoleptic parameters remain the same as fresh avocado fruit. It tastes just like fresh avocado. Equally, there is no change in the component analysis of the avocado, the nutritional and oil content stays the same.

Yes. The technology and the Avocado Time Machine (ATM) carry patent protection across all relevant countries, including Australia, Chile, Peru, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, USA, Japan, Israel, South Africa, UK and the EU. In fact there are 3 separate patents protecting Naturo’s IP. The Natavo™ word and logo are registered trademarks.