Based on a new multidisciplinary approach, Yarok has developed a new fast testing platform, giving accurate results in 45 minutes instead of days, as it takes today with current testing methods.

The solution can be implemented in the Food, Agriculture, Medical, Pharmaceutical and Environmental sector. Yarok has decided to focus on Agriculture and Food out of experience and knowledge of the market, as well as because of the extremely favorable regulatory conditions that allow for a rapid Go-to-Market and expansion.

For AGRICULTURE:

Yarok offers extremely early detection of Plant Pathogens for extremely early adoption of focused phytosanitary measures, to avoid losses of high-value products and reduce use of pesticides.

For FOOD INDUSTRY:

Yarok’s capability of providing accurate test results before production (testing of Raw Materials) and before product release to market allows to avoid recalls, lawsuits, financial losses and protects the consumer's health.

The PRODUCT:

Kits with proprietary reagents & bio-analytical software, used with affordable off-the-shelf laboratory tools available on market.

Technology Characteristics:

• Ultrafast technology. Results in 45 minutes instead of days.
• Absence confirmation within just 6 hours, average (if no positive results emerge before, ending the test in shorter time), instead of days.
• Qualitative and Quantitative results in CFU, as required by Regulations (a characteristic unique to Yarok, in the Rapid Testing sector).
• Accurate: False Positives: <2%. False Negatives: <1.5%
• Extremely Sensitive:1-2 CFU / sampled portion*
  *(The Yarok sample size can be recalibrated, to match different clients or regulatory requirements).
• Competitive cost-per-test;
• Easy: for personnel with no experience in testing or laboratory.
• Doesn’t require special environment or a laboratory: testing can be performed everywhere.

The kits are employed for a 3-steps testing procedure with the novel Yarok’s method:

• Sample Preparation, using Yarok’s proprietary reagents;
• Image acquisition, based on taking a few images of an aliquot taken from the sample with an off-the-shelf photo-microscopy system;
• Image Analysis, performed by Yarok’s software, presenting Qualitative and Quantitative results in CFU, as required by Regulations. Today this important feature is unique to Yarok in the Rapid Testing solutions market for Food and Agriculture.

MARKET:

Yarok addresses the $13B Food and Agriculture Testing market.

BUSINESS MODEL:

Sale of Yarok Reagents Kits. The reagents are disposable: meaning recurrent sales (the same business model of capsules for coffee machines).

RECOGNITIONS:

05/2017: Award for Agribusiness Innovation by UNIDO, the UN Industrial Development Organization.

06/2019: Yarok is selected as one of the 2019 Top Five Disruptors by IFT, the world-renowned USA Institute of Food Technologists (five disruptive technologies aimed at five different food industry areas).

02/2020: Yarok is selected and sponsored by Fruitlogistica as one of 2020’s most innovative startups.