Carnation Grain contains starch and proteins like many other crops, and for some applications, it often would not matter what crop the material comes from, as long as the performance is good, and the price is right.
However, every starch is different, the protein composition differs from plant species to species, even from variety to variety. The saponin extraction comes either from the seed hull, the starch fraction or the embryo of the grain, and the fifty saponins generated from seed fractions are all very different. Our most capital intensive activities like grain collection, storage, and transportation are handled by our grain partners, the farmers, and we focus on the processing and analysis of the grain.
We are planning to handle our processing with a capable public facility, which saves capital until we reach a larger scale. We are responsible for the logistics, handling of the grain delivered by farmer contractor. The work in the laboratory for extraction is happening under service contract. The packaging and storage and shipping of the finalized product for testing is under our control. However, to become a supplier of large firms is very challenging, and for this reason we are looking for a development partner.