Global Agro-Chemical Disease (Botrytis) Solution From UK Listed Company - Update 22/1/2017

7th Nov '16 by ishareinfotv

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Eden Research (EDEN.L and www.edenresearch.com ) provides a "natural" solution to the problem of Botrytis, a disease that affects grapes and other agricultural products. They also resolve the issue of powdery mildew! They have spent in excess of 8 years with Research and Development and securing European patents which are now in place and protect their solution, named 3AEY. 3 AEY can act as a preventative measure or a measure to eradicate the onset of Botrytis and is now commercially available through major global agro-chemical distributors.

UPDATE 22/1/2017

The Sunday Times Newspaper today reports that Eden Research "Saves French Wine" . The article focuses on a deal done with Sumi-Agro with Eden selling its 3AEY solution to them which will be branded as Mevalone.

This deal means that Eden's product will be sold via distributors in Italy, Spain and France who currently control 50% of global wine production. EU approved, patented and non-toxic, Eden has surely demonstrated the way forward both in these geographical markets and other wine producing markets around the world.

Revenue will surely be delivered this year from sales to France, in addition to Spain and Italy and a question might be, how high will profits be? As a biotech company, forward P/E projections from Shore Capital, their house broker, should be interesting.

UPDATE: 03/12/2016

Today the Daily Mail reports significant issues in Veneto, the area of Italy with the sole right to the production of Prosecco. Given that Prosecco now outsells Champagne in the UK and that the UK accounts for 25% of all Prosecco consumption, this is major news for consumers and potentially terrible news for UK Supermarkets.

Surely this is covered in their geographical rights. The only Prosecco area and look at the volumes!

Pesticide issues in Veneto sound similar to the recent issues in Bordeaux (highlighted below in The Times newspaper article) and this time, the article does link to the UK Supermarkets and the responsibilities they face!

Pressure on Agro-Chemical distributors from farmers and EU regulations, pressures on farmers from Agro-Chemical companies and EU regulations, pressures on Supermarkets (not only UK) to protect both their customers and their own reputation.

What a PR opportunity for the Company to build the investor case for private investors and perhaps, funds like the Biotech Growth Trust http://www.biotechgt.com/

UPDATE ENDS

Given this is so, it was horrifying to see that the Times Newspaper reported this…

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loudenr

3rd Nov '16

I suggest anyone considering investing in Eden Research reads Shareprophets before taking the plunge. I don't know if what is written is correct or not but at least you can form your own view

Carey Blunt

5th Nov '16

Stockrank = 11
Earning manipulation risk = High
Has never made a profit, loses over a million a year, stayed afloat last year with a £2 Million placing which it's now burning through,
Tom Winnifrith says it's a fraud and it's under investigation for fraud.

Make your own minds up, I know I have.

orisoulfulsoul

7th Nov '16

Thanks for the heads up......

Cuthbert C

22nd Jan '17

And to cap it all it is simply not true to suggest that botrytis is always an unwelcome problem for wine makers. On the contrary it is profoundly welcome to the makers of many dessert wines and many late harvest wines.

Botrytis is known as "noble rot" and is the key to the production of sauternes and other similar dessert wines in France and elsewhere - including Tokaji and some German riesling where it gives rise to the term "trockenbeeren" - literally "dry berries".

The botrytis spores develop on the outside of the grape skin where they look like a whiteish powdery sprinkle. They send their rootlike tendrils into the grape and extract water from the interior. This has the effect of dessicating the grape which slowly starts to turn into something looking like a raisin. The effect is to concentrate the juice and intensify the flavour and the sweetness. It's a similar thing to reducing a sauce in cooking. When the grapes are pressed the juice is much richer than normal and wonderful enriched wines result. The most famous being sauternes. The botrytis organism itself does not affect the taste of the wine and does not interfere with vinification, so it does not need to be removed before the grapes are pressed.

Of course if you are making wines which are stylistically different you will not welcome botrytis. But neither will you expect to encounter it on any scale very often. Even the makers of sauternes who do everything they can to encourage its development get their wishes granted only once every few years. That's why sauternes is expensive.

Global Agro-Chemical Disease (Botrytis) solution from UK Listed Company - Update 22/1/2017

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