Increasing of nutraceutical effects on tomato thanks Expando treatments

EXPANDO is a bioregulator that contains nutritive elements and organic compounds exclusively from vegetal origin. Thanks to the organic components, hormone-like substances coming from seaweed extracts, amino-acids and vitamins, is able to stimulate the fruit enlargement and even out the fruit size.

A new research published on BIOMOLECULES shows how the application of Expando was able not only to drastically reduce fruit ripening times, but also to enhance the production yield in terms of both fruit amount and size, leading to more marketable products. Moreover, nutritional analysis revealed changes in proximate composition and mineral content, as well as increased level of unsatured fatty acids and micronutrients essential for human health.
Moreover an increase in antioxidant properties was observed.

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