TECHNICAL FIELD

The product described herein relates to the field of tray-like products for providing fixed positions of fresh produce and/or perishable goods held in containers, refrigerator compartments, crates, cases, bowls or similar fruit and vegetables holding containers.

BACKGROUND

In recent years, a trend towards more sustainable economy has been growing, and as such, use of one-time use plastics will slowly fade out from use. Consumers are used to buying packs of multiple whole fruits or vegetables in plastic containers, but these plastic containers simply generate waste. As such, trends in the future may likely change towards consumers buying fresh produce without plastic containers, bags, covers or similar plastic enclosures. When fruit or vegetables are bought, consumers usually store their fresh produce in refrigerators. Some refrigerators have multiple compartments, and some refrigerators have a dedicated fresh produce compartment. When a consumer purchases rounded fruits or vegetables, such as tomatoes, apples, pears, onions and other, the consumer might place said fruits or vegetables into the fresh produce compartment of the refrigerator. However, rounded fruits tend to roll on the floor of the fresh produce compartment when a user moves said compartment, as said compartment usually is pulled out of the refrigerator in a similar way to a drawer, so that the consumer may take out the fruits or vegetables. Whilst the consumer is pulling the container or compartment holding rounded fruits or vegetables out from the refrigerator, fruits and vegetables might roll around the container or compartment of the refrigerator, and the fruits or vegetables may get damaged because they might roll over the bottom floor of the compartment, or they might be pressed against a side wall of a compartment, or pressed against each other. The fresh fruit compartment in the refrigerator is usually made of firm plastic material. When soft fruits or vegetables get pressed against the firm bottom floor (or the side walls) of the fruit compartment, or roll on the firm bottom floor due to the movement of the container which holds the fresh produce, fruits or vegetables might get damaged, and this may result in earlier deterioration of said fruits or vegetables. Equally, when multiple fruits or vegetables are stacked on top of each other and are pressed against each other, this might result in faster deterioration of the fruits, vegetables or other fresh produce and/or perishable goods. To prolong the life of fruits and vegetables or other fresh produce and/or perishable goods, and to prevent damage to the fruits and vegetables or other fresh produce and/or perishable goods, it would be desirable to have a product to address this problem. Equally, bowls used to keep fruit are also made of firm material and so that rounded fruits and vegetables also might get moved around the bowl in the case that the bowl is not entirely filled with fruit, so that fruits have a fixed position due to other fruits in the bowl. Similar problem happens with a crate of fruits or vegetables, if the fruits and vegetables are stacked on top of each other, they may get pressed against each other and may get damaged.

Some solutions that try to solve the problem of providing a fixed position of pieces of perishable goods are, for example, refrigerator trays in which eggs may be stored. Patent JP4353313B1 describes a refrigerator that includes a compartment for storing eggs, so that the eggs may be stored at fixed positions in the compartment. Patent JP2003279238A describes an egg rack device of refrigerator Such racks and similar trays have holes in which a consumer places individual eggs so that positions of eggs may be fixed and they do not move or roll whilst being held in such trays, even if the tray moves. Similar solutions are those for holding cans or bottles, so that round cans or bottles have fixed positions inside a refrigerator or a picnic box. Usually, such containers which provide fixed positions for multiple pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods are made of synthetic or semisynthetic material, such as various types of plastic.

There has been an effort to prolong food life and an effort to reduce food waste. Furthermore, there is a growing trend of minimising CO2 footprint on the environment, minimising use of chemicals, maximising usage of naturally occurring and organic materials in order to minimise non-degradable waste, maximising re-usability of products, and other environmentally friendly solutions. As such, it would be desirable to have a product that provides fixed positions for multiple pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods that would be made entirely from plant-based or animal-based materials, and no chemicals would be added in the process of manufacturing such a product.

None of the above described technical solutions include a product for providing at least one fixed position of at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good (such as various different pieces fruits, vegetables, meat, even dairy products or other similar fresh produce that deteriorates easily), that would be entirely made of plant-based materials in a way in which the mere production of such a product may minimise the CO ₂ imprint on the environment. It would be desirable to have a product for providing fixed positions of at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, wherein the fixed positions may be changed and moved to another location on the product, so that a consumer may change the location of each piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good over time. It would be desirable to have a product for providing fixed positions of at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, wherein the product would enable storage of various different pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods, which may be of various sizes, so that a consumer may store the various different pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods safely in a container or a similar storage compartment, which may be located in a refrigerator, box, bowl, crate, or any other similar fresh produce holders, so that the various different pieces of fresh produce have fixed positions whilst the location of the container or a similar storage compartments changes. It would be desirable to have a product to fix the positions of various different pieces of fresh produce, that would be bio-degradable or made plant-based materials. It would be desirable to have a product for providing fixed positions of various different pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods, that would be re-usable. It would be desirable to have a product for providing to fixed positions of various different pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods, that would address the problem of stacking the various different pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods on top of each other in a way that does not damage the various different pieces of fresh produce. It would be desirable to have a product for providing fixed positions of various different pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods, that would enable absorption of liquids and/or gases, which may leak from the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good.

At least some example embodiments of the insert disclosed herein, try to solve the problem of minimising physical damage to fresh produce and/or perishable goods, after the consumer purchases said fresh produce and/or perishable goods and stores them in a suitable container. In this way, at least some example embodiments of the insert disclosed herein, try to solve the problem of prolonging life of the fresh produce and/or perishable goods, due to minimising the damage that may occur to the fresh produce and/or perishable goods after purchase. At least some example embodiments of the product disclosed herein, try to solve the problem of producing too much plastic waste for the purpose of storing fresh produce and/or perishable goods. At least some example embodiments of the product disclosed herein, try to solve the problem of minimising the CO ₂ footprint for production of food preservation containers and inserts for storing fresh produce and/or perishable goods. At least some example embodiments of the product disclosed herein try to solve the problem of prolonging the life of fresh produce and/or perishable goods by minimising physical damage of the fresh produce and/or perishable goods due to providing fixed positions the fresh produce and/or perishable goods after the consumer purchases said fresh produce and/or perishable goods and stores them in a suitable container. At least some example embodiments of the product disclosed herein try to solve the problem of rolling of various pieces of the fresh produce and/or perishable goods across the bottom floor of containers.

SUMMARY

At least some products according to the present disclosure relate to an insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good. The technical problem is solved by the insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good (hereinafter: the insert) according to claim 1., and a method for providing at least one fixed position of at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good (hereinafter: the method) according to claim 38. In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the insert includes at least one external layer of thin bendable material configured to surround granules of firm material, and at least one dent in the insert is configured to provide a fixed location for at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable food, which may be located in the dent.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the thin bendable material of the external layer is liquid permeable and/or gas permeable.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the thin bendable material is liquid non- permeable and/or gas non-permeable. In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the thin bendable material of the external layer is either a woven fabric, or a non-woven fabric, or paper, or any combination hereof.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the thin bendable material of the external layer is made of plant-based and/or animal-based fibres.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the thin bendable material of the external layer is made of semi-synthetic or synthetic fibres.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the granules of firm material are pieces of a firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, hemp hurd, bark, wood and/or any combination of the firm plant-based materials hereof, wherein the pieces are between two hundred (200) micrometres and seventy (70) millimetres long, wide, and thick.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the granules are powder particles of a firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, hemp hurd, bark, wood and/or any combination of the firm plant-based materials hereof, wherein the powder particles are between twenty (20) and fifty (50) micrometres long, wide and thick.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the firm material of each of the granules is made of plant-based powder particles of at least one firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, hemp hurd, bark, wood and/or any combination of the firm plant-based materials hereof, and wherein the plant-based powder particles of the firm plant-based material are cold pressed or heat pressed into a pre-determined three-dimensional shape of the each of the granules.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the firm material of each of the granules is a biocomposite, wherein: 5% - 45 % of total mass of the biocomposite is hemp hurd, 95% - 55% of the total mass of the biocomposite is a suitable polymer, such as polyethylene high- density (PEHD), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polylactic acid (PLA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), and from 0% up to 7% of total mass of the biocomposite are other substances, such as at least one lubricant, antioxidant, compatibilizer and/or other substances that bind the hemp hurd with the polymer, and wherein the biocomposite is extruded, cut, moulded or otherwise shaped into a pre-determined three-dimensional shape of the each of the granules.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the pre-determined three-dimensional shape of the each of the granules is either a sphere, or a cylinder, or a cube, or a pyramid or any combination hereof.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the granules are heat treated prior to being placed in the external layer of the insert, and at a temperature between eighty (80) and a hundred and sixty (160) degrees Celsius for a duration of between thirty minutes (30) and a hundred and eighty (180) minutes.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the external layer includes two pieces of the thin bendable material, wherein the two pieces include a top layer and a bottom layer, and the top layer and the bottom layer are joint at edges with at least one bond, so that the external layer surrounds the granules, and the granules are located in-between the top layer and the bottom layer of the external layer.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the external layer includes more than two pieces of the thin bendable material, and the more than two pieces are joined at edges using at least one bond, so that the more than two pieces embody a three-dimensional shape, and the granules are located inside the three-dimensional shape of the external layer.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the three-dimensional shape is a shape of at least one animal, at least one fruit, at least one vegetable, at least one hand tool, at least one vehicle, or any combination hereof.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the at least one bond is at least one suture, and/or at least one heat bond, and/or at least one binder material based bond, or any combination of herein listed bonds. In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the at least one bond is made of 100% threads made of plant-based or animal-based fibres.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the at least one bond is between fifty (50) micrometres and four (4) millimetres thick and/or wide.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, at least one of the two or more pieces, which constitute the external layer, is made of a thin bendable material that is food graded, and at least one other of the two or more pieces of the external layer is made of the thin bendable material that is not food-graded.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the insert includes at least one zipper, or a plurality of snap fasteners, or a plurality of buttons, or a Velcro fastener or tape, wherein the at least one zipper, or the plurality of snap fasteners, or the plurality of buttons, or the Velcro fastener or tape, is sawn or glued to the external layer and configured to provide an opening in the external layer, so that the granules may be removed or added from or into the insert through the opening in the external layer.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, at least one location of the at least one dent in the insert may be moved to another location on the insert.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the insert includes at least one stitch sawn in the external layer, wherein the at least one stitch is configured to create the at least one dent in the insert.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the insert includes at least one button sawn in the external layer, wherein the at least one button is configured to create the at least one dent in the insert.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, a distance between two or more stitches or two or more buttons on the external layer, which are configured to create two or more dents, is pre-determined based on a size of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable foods, that is used with the insert.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the granules are made of liquid and/or gas absorbent material.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the external layer is made of washable material.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the insert is located on the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable food, and/or bellow the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable foods.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the insert includes two or more external layers, wherein each of the two or more external layers are filled with the granules, are stacked between layers of multiple pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable foods, and provide multiple fixed locations for the multiple pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable foods.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the two or more pieces, that constitute the external layer, are either of rectangular shape, oval shape, circular shape, hexagram shape, triangle shape, or any combination of herein listed shapes.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the rectangular shape of the two or more pieces, that constitute the external layer, is either: twenty (20) centimetres wide and twenty- five (25) centimetres long, or thirty (30) centimetres wide and forty (40) centimetres wide, or forty (40) centimetres wide and sixty (60) centimetres long, or one (1) metre wide and seventy-five (75) centimetres long, or twelve (12) centimetres wide and twenty-two (22) centimetres long, or thirteen (13) centimetres wide and sixteen (16) centimetres long, or seven (7) centimetres wide and thirteen (13) centimetres long, or eight (8) centimetres wide and eleven (11) centimetres long, or forty (40) millimetres wide and fifty-five (55) millimetres long, or fifty-five (55) millimetres wide and four (4) centimetres long. In at least some example embodiments of the insert, a surface of the external layer is large enough for the at least one dent to be created, wherein a depth of the dent is sufficient to provide the fixed location of the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable food located in the dent, so that the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable food does not roll over the insert when the insert is moved.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the surface of the external layer is between 20% and 100% coated with an extract, wherein the extract includes at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, a surface of the each of the granules is between 30% and 100% coated with an extract, wherein the extract includes at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the firm plant-based material of the granules includes at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent, wherein the at least one plantbased antimicrobial agent is naturally occurring in the firm plant-based material of the granules.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent is an any one or more of following plant-based antimicrobial agents; esterified sterols, triperpenes (sitosterol and amyrin), cannadinoids (such as: cannabidiol (CBD), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabigerol (CBG). V9-tetrahydrocannabinol (V9 THC) and cannabinol), phenolic acids aldehydes, fatty acids (such as vanillin, syringaldehyde, p- hy dr oxybenzaldehyde, vanillin acid, p-coumaric acid, acetosyringone, gallic acid), alkanes, sterols, phenols (clionasterol, coumarin).

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the insert is 100% made out of hemp plants.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the external layer may be coloured and /or printed, and may include coloured and/or printed images, such as patterns, drawings, photos, at least one company logo, or other images coloured and/or printed on the external layer.

In at least some example embodiments of the method, the method includes the steps of surrounding granules of firm plant-based material with an external layer of thin bendable material to create an insert, configuring a dent in the insert to provide a fixed location of the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good, placing the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good in the dent in the insert, wherein a depth of the dent is sufficient to fix the position of the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good, so that the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good does not roll over the insert when the insert is moved.

In at least some example embodiments of the method, the method includes steps of using any one example embodiment of the product disclosed herein.

Terms such as 'a', 'an', and 'the' are not intended to refer to only a singular entity but include the general class of which specific example may be used for illustration. The terminology herein used to describe specific embodiments of the product according to the present disclosure, but their usage does not delimit the invention, except as outlined in the claims.

For the purpose of this disclosure, certain definitions of the following terms shall be used throughout the document:

Plant-based : derived, extracted, or separated from plants or plant parts.

Animal-based: derived, extracted, or separated from animals or animal parts.

Fresh produce: shall mean any vegetable, fruit or flower.

Perishable good: shall mean any food that is not heat-treated; not frozen; and not otherwise preserved in a manner so as to prevent the quality of the food from being adversely affected if held longer than 7 calendar days under normal shipping and storage conditions, including but not limited to: vegetables, fruits, meat, poultry, dairy products, and other.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

Figure 1 schematically depicts a cross-section of an example embodiment of an insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, wherein the insert includes a dent wherein the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good is located.

Figure 2 schematically depicts a cross-section of an example embodiment of the insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, wherein the insert includes at least one dent created with at least one button.

Figure 3 schematically depicts a top view of an example embodiment of the insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, wherein the insert includes at least one bond between a top layer and the bottom layer.

Figure 5 schematically depicts a top view of an example embodiment of the insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good that includes two or more dents created by two or more sutures.

Figure 6 schematically depicts a side view of an example embodiment of the insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good that includes a zipper.

Figure 7 schematically depicts a front view of an example embodiment of the insert for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good , wherein the insert is in a shape of a teddy bear.

Figure 8 schematically depicts front view of a cross-section of an example embodiment of the insert that includes more than one external layer, stacked between layers of fresh produce and/or perishable goods.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Figure 1 schematically depicts a cross-section of an example embodiment of an insert 1 for providing at least one fixed position for at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good according to the present disclosure. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1 for providing a fixed position for the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good as disclosed herein (hereinafter: the insert 1), the insert 1 includes an external layer 2 of thin bendable material that surrounds granules 3 made of a firm material located inside the external layer 2. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are made of the firm material, which may be a firm plant-based material. wherein the pieces are between two hundred (200) micrometres and seventy (70) millimetres long, wide, and thick.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 of the firm plant-based material are pieces of the firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, and/or or hemp hurd, and/or bark, and/or wood and/or any combination of plant-based materials hereof, or other suitable plant-based material. The granules 3 made of the firm plant-based material may be produced by mechanically separating the granules 3 from other parts of plants without addition of any chemicals. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are made of synthetic material, such as polypropylene or other suitable synthetic material.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 may move around freely in the external layer 2, thus enabling that a user of the insert 1 may shake the insert 1 and effectively change orientation and location of the granules 3 located in the external layer 2 that surrounds the granules 3 fully. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 may be sufficiently large so that the user may change locations of the granules 3 in the insert 1 only by picking up the insert 1 at a one holding point.

In at preferred example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 may include at least one dent 10. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, a surface of the external layer 2 is sufficiently large to enable the user of the insert 1 to create the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1. The at least one dent 10 may be used to fix a position of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good placed in the at least one dent 10. The at least one dent 10 is used to provide a fixed location of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good located in the at least one dent 10. The user of the insert 1 may place the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good in the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1 may be created by the user with their hand, or by mere weight of the fresh produce (such as depicted in Figure 1), or by the user by using a tool. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 may include more that one dent 10.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the surface of the external layer 2 is large enough for the at least one dent 10 to be created, wherein a depth of the at least one dent 10 is sufficient to provide the fixed location of the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable food located in the at least one dent 10, so that the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable food does not roll over the insert when the insert 1 is moved.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 includes two pieces of the thin bendable material, wherein the two pieces are a top layer and a bottom layer. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the top layer and the bottom layer, which constitute the external layer 2, are joint at edges with at least one bond 4 (Figure 2, 3), so that the external layer 2 surrounds the granules 3, and the granules 3 are located in-between the top layer and the bottom layer of the external layer 2.

The at least one bond 4 may be any bond that binds at least the two pieces of the external layer 2 together, so that the external layer 2 fully surrounds the granules 3 located in the insert 1, such as: at least one suture, at least one heat-based bond, at least one binder material based bond, or any other suitable bond, which enables the granules 3 to stay located in the insert 1 between the top layer and the bottom layer of the external layer 2. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one bond 4 is at least one suture, and/or at least one heat bond, and/or at least one binder material based bond, or any combination of herein listed bonds.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, such as the insert 1 depicted in a top view of the insert in Figure 3, the top layer and the bottom layer of the external layer 2 are of rectangular shape. The rectangular shape may have rounded corners, or it may have sharp (e.g. 90 degree) comers. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is approximately twenty-five centimetres long and twenty centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include a hundred (100) grams +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is forty (40) centimetres long and thirty (30) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include two hundred and fifty (250) grams +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is sixty (60) centimetres long and forty (40) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include five hundred (500) grams +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is one (1) meter long and seventy-five (75) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include one (1) kilogram +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is one hundred and twenty (120) centimetres long and one hundred (100) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include two and a half (2.5) kilograms +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is twenty-two (22) centimetres long and twelve (12) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include eighteen (18) grams +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is sixteen (22) centimetres long and thirteen (12) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include eight (8) grams +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is thirteen (13) centimetres long and seven (7) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include four (4) grams +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is eleven (11) centimetres long and eight (8) centimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include five (5) grams +-50% of granules 3. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the rectangular shape of the top and the bottom layer (of the external layer 2) is fifty-five (55) millimetres long and forty (40) millimetres wide, and the insert 1 may include two and a half (2.5) grams +-50% of granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the top layer and the bottom layer of the external layer 2 may be shaped as a circle, triangle, square, hex, or any other suitable two- dimensional shape, such as a two-dimensional shape of any one or more animals, plants, vehicles, fruits, vegetables, hand tools, any combination of herein listed two-dimensional shapes, or other.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the two or more pieces, that constitute the external layer 2, are either of rectangular shape, oval shape, circular shape, hexagram shape, triangle shape, or any combination of herein listed shapes.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made from more than two pieces of thin bendable material, and the more than two pieces are joined at edges with at least one bond 4. The at least one bond 4 is any suitable bond that may bind two or more pieces of the thin bendable material together, including but not limited to: at least one suture, at least one heat based-bond, at least one binder material based bond, or any other bond that enables the two or more to be joined together at edges to fully surround the granules 3 located in the external layer 2.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one bond 4 is made of 100% threads made of plant-based or animal -based fibres. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one bon4 d is between fifty (50) micrometres and four (4) millimetres thick and/or wide.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 includes more than two pieces of the thin bendable material, and the more than two pieces are joined at edges using the at least one bond 4, so that the more than two pieces embody a three-dimensional shape, and the granules 3 are located inside the three-dimensional shape of the external layer 2. The two or more pieces of the external layer 2 may be joined together at edges so that the external layer 2 embodies a three-dimensional shape, such as at least one sphere, at least one cube, at least one pyramid, at least one cylinder, a three-dimensional shape of any one or more animals, plants, vehicles, fruits, vegetables, hand tools, any combination of herein listed three-dimensional shapes, or other suitable three-dimensional shapes. The external layer 2 may therefore embody the three-dimensional shape of any one three-dimensional object, and the granules 3 are located in the three-dimensional shape of the external layer 2. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the three-dimensional shape is a shape of at least one animal, at least one fruit, at least one vegetable, at least one hand tool, at least one vehicle, or any combination hereof.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is entirely made of material, which may be in contact with food (e.g. food grade material). In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1 that includes the top layer and the bottom layer, either the top layer or the bottom layer is made of material, which may be in contact with food (e.g. food grade material), and the other layer may be made of material, which cannot be in contact with food. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1 that includes the external layer 2 that embodies the three-dimensional shape and is made of the more than two pieces of the thin bendable material joined at edges to constitute the external layer 2, some of the more than two pieces of the thin bendable material are made of material that may be in contact with food, and other of the more than two pieces of the thin bendable material made from material that cannot be in contact with food. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, at least one of the two or more pieces, which constitute the external layer 2, is made of a thin bendable material that is food graded, and at least one other of the two or more pieces of the external layer 2 is made of the thin bendable material that is not food-graded.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the thin bendable material of the external layer 2 is either a woven fabric, or a non-woven fabric, or paper, or any combination hereof.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the thin bendable material of the external layer 2, which surrounds the granules 3, is a woven fabric or a knitted fabric. The woven fabric of the external layer 2 may be any suitable type of woven fabric, such as tissue fabric, velvet fabric, mousseline fabric, organdie/organza fabric, Leno fabric, Aertex fabric, madras muslin net fabric, aioda cloth fabric, taffeta fabric, sheeting fabric, poplin fabric, muslin fabric, mulmul fabric - fine cotton fabric, lawn fabric, khadi fabric, kashmir silk fabric, georgette fabric, gabardine fabric, flannel fabric, drill fabric, denim fabric, crepe fabric, corduroy fabric, chintz fabric, chiffon fabric, cheese cloth, casement fabric, cambric fabric, buckram fabric, or any other suitable type of woven fabric.

In at least some preferred example embodiments of the insert 1, the woven fabric of the external layer 2 is made of threads that include fibres of at least one plant-based or animalbased material, such as cotton fibres, linen fibres, wool fibres, ramie fibres, hemp fibres, flax fibres, sisal fibres, and/or any other plant-based or animal-based fibres from which the woven fabric may be produced, or any combination of herein listed plant-based or animal -based fibres. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, threads from which the woven fabric of the external layer 2 is produced, are made by extracting the fibres mechanically from plants without any chemical solvents. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of washable material. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of the woven fabric, and the woven fabric may be washed or cleaned by the user, thus enabling the user to wash and re-use the external layer 2 of the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 may be non-bleached cotton. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 may be white, partially transparent, beige, light brown or of any other colour that is naturally occurring in the fibres from which the external layer 2 may be produced. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 may be coloured and /or printed, and may include coloured and/or printed images, such as patterns, drawings, photos, at least one company logo, or other images coloured and/or printed on the external layer 2. In the case wherein the external layer 2 is coloured and/or printed, all of colours used for printing and/or colouring the external layer 2 may be in contact with food. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of a synthetic material, such as polypropylene or other suitable synthetic material.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the woven fabric of the external layer 2 is made of a semi -synthetic material, such as viscose fabric. As known to those skilled in the arts, the viscose fabric may be produced from cellulose fibres. In a preferred example embodiment of the insert 1 for providing a fixed location of the at least one fresh produce and/or perishable good as disclosed herein, the external layer 2 of the insert 1 is made from a viscose fabric produced from plant-based cellulose fibres, such as hemp, wood, kenaf cellulose fibres, any combination of herein listed cellulose fibres or any other suitable cellulose fibres. In a preferred example embodiment of the insert 1 for providing a fixed location of the at least one fresh produce and/or perishable good as disclosed herein, the viscous fabric of the external layer 2 may be created without any chemical solvents.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 that surrounds the granules 3, may be made from a non-woven fabric. The non-woven fabric is herein considered as a fabric made by placing fibres together and combining the fibres into a unified material, by using any one method available to combine the fibres, such as mechanical, chemical or heat-based binding of the fibres to make the fibres stick together. In a preferred example embodiments of the insert 1, the non-woven fabric of the external layer 2 is produced by mechanical or heat-based binding of bast fibres extracted from hemp plants, thus using no chemicals in the process of production of the non-woven fabric. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the bast fibres may be mechanically separated from other parts of the hemp plants and may be air-laid, cold-pressed, or heat-pressed together to form the non-woven fabric from which the external layer 2 of the insert 1 is made.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of the bast fibres that are mechanically separated from other parts of hemp plants, and combined to form felt material by needle felting, cold-pressing, heat-pressing or any other suitable process to produce the felt material. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the thin bendable material of the external layer 2 is felt material.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the non-woven fabric of the external layer 2 is made of plant-based or animal-based fibres, such as hemp, cotton, linen, wool and/or any other plant-based or animal-based fibres from which the non-woven fabric may be produced, or any combination of herein listed plant-based or animal -based fibres. In a preferred example embodiment of the insert, 1 the non-woven fabric of the external layer 2 is made from hemp cellulose fibres.

The non-woven fabric of the external layer 2 may be perforated and may include perforated patterns. The perforated patterns in the external layer 2 may have round, rounded slot, hex, square holes.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the non-woven fabric of the external layer 2 is made from paper or paper-like material. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the paper of the external layer 2 may be made out of plant-based cellulose fibres, such as wood, hemp, kenaf or other plant-based cellulose fibres. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the paper that constitutes the external layer 2 may be produced by cold-pressing, heat-based pressing, extrusion, or any other suitable method for producing said paper.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the thin bendable material of the external layer 2 is liquid permeable and/or gas permeable. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the thin bendable material of the external layer 2 is liquid non- permeable and/or gas non-permeable.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 of the firm material are pieces of a firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, hemp hurd, bark, wood and/or any combination of the firm plant-based materials hereof, or any other suitable firm plant-based material, wherein the pieces may be between two hundred (200) micrometres and seventy (70) millimetres long, wide, and thick.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 may be between two hundred (200) micrometres and seventy (70) millimetres long, wide, and thick.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are approximately one (1) mm long, wide, and thick. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of material that has holes which are not greater than half (0.5) millimetre in size (in diameter or diagonally).

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, majority (herein meaning between 70 - 95% ) of the granules 3 are between one (1) and five (5) millimetres long, wide, and thick. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of material that has holes, which are not greater than half (0.5) of millimetre in size.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are between two (2) millimetre and thirty (30) millimetres long. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of material that has holes, which are not greater than half one (1) millimetre in size.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are between five (5) millimetres and forty (40) millimetres long. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of material that has holes, which are not greater than three (3) millimetres in size.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are between ten (10) millimetres and seventy (70) millimetres long. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of material that has holes, which are not greater than eight (8) millimetres in size.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 may be between two hundred (200) micrometres and seventy (70) millimetres wide and thick.

In at least some example embodiment of the insert 1, the granules 3 may absorb liquid. In at least some example embodiments of the insert, the granules 3 are made of liquid and/or gas absorbent material. In at least some example embodiment of the insert 1, the granules 3 may absorb liquid, and a liquid absorption capacity of the granules 3 is between 330 % - 360 % v/v (according to/in line with regulation NF- 19-002). In at least some example embodiment of the insert 1, the granules 3 may absorb liquid, and the absorption capacity of the granules 3 is between 230 % - 280 % v/v (according to/in line to regulation NF-19-002) .

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 may be pieces of the firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, the hemp hurd, bark, wood, or other suitable plant-based material, and said pieces are mechanically separated from other parts of plants and have not been subjected to any chemical or heat treatments in the process of mechanical separation from other parts of the plants, but are separated from other parts of the plants only by mechanical separation of the pieces from other parts of the plants, usually by using any one suitable decertification system, by hand, or by any other suitable method that enables the mechanical separation of the pieces from the other parts of plants, and/or mechanically cutting of said pieces to a suitable size of said pieces.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are heat treated prior to being placed in the external layer 2 of the insert 1, at a temperature between eighty (80) and a hundred and sixty (160) degrees Celsius for a duration of between thirty minutes (30) and a hundred and eighty (180) minutes.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 are powder particles of the firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, hemp hurd, bark, wood and/or any combination of the firm plant-based materials hereof, wherein the powder particles are between twenty (20) and fifty (50) micrometres long, wide and thick.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the firm material of each of the granules 3 is made of plant-based powder particles of at least one firm plant-based material, such as kenaf hurd, hemp hurd, bark, wood and/or any combination of the firm plant-based materials hereof, and wherein the plant-based powder particles of the firm plant-based material are cold pressed or heat pressed into a pre-determined three-dimensional shape of the each of the granules 3. In such a case no synthetic materials may be added to create the granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the each of the granules 3 embodies the pre-determined three-dimensional shape prior to being placed inside the external layer 2. The granules 3 may be formed and shaped to embody the pre-determined three-dimensional shape by using any one of the available methods to mechanically, chemically or heat form and combine the plant-based powder particles together to form the pre-determined three- dimensional shape of the each of the granules 3. The plant-based powder particles may be up to fifty (50) micrometers long, wide, and thick, and the plant-based powder particles may be combined to constitute the each of the granules 3. The plant-based powder particles may be mechanically, chemically or heat-combined to the pre-determined three-dimensional shape of the each of the granules 3. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the predetermined three-dimensional shape of the each of the granules 3 may be a sphere, a cylinder, a cube, or any other suitable pre-determined three-dimensional shape, which may be formed by mechanically, chemically, or heat-binding the plant-based powder particles together to make the each of the granules 3. In least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 includes the granules 3 that are spherically shaped.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the firm material of each of the granules 3 is a biocomposite, wherein 5% - 45 % of total mass of the biocomposite is hemp hurd, 95% - 55% of the total mass of the biocomposite is a suitable polymer, such as polyethylene high-density (PEHD), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polylactic acid (PLA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), and from 0% up to 7% of total mass of the biocomposite are other substances, such as at least one lubricant, antioxidant, compatibilizer and/or other substances that bind the hemp hurd with the polymer, and wherein the biocomposite is extruded, cut, moulded or otherwise shaped into a pre-determined three- dimensional shape of the each of the granules 3.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the pre-determined three-dimensional shape of the each of the granules 3 is either a sphere, or a cylinder, or a cube, or a pyramid or any combination hereof.

As seen in the cross-section of the insert 1 as depicted in Figure 1, the granules 3 may provide void spaces in between the granules 3 so that gasses and/or liquids may flow amongst the granules 3.

As seen in Figure 1, which schematically depicts a cross-section of the insert 1, the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, such as an apple depicted in Figure 1, may be located in the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one dent 10 on the insert 1 may be created by the user of the insert 1 by hand or by using a tool. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one dent 10 on the insert 1 may be created by mere weight of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good that is positioned on the insert 1 and in the at least one dent 10.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 of the insert 1 has a surface sufficiently larger (at least by factor of two) than a surface of a volume of the granules 3 if the granules 3 were to be positioned closely together in a cube.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, a surface of the external layer 2 is large enough for the at least one dent 10 to be created, wherein a depth of the at least one dent 10 is sufficient to provide the fixed location of the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable food located in the at least one dent 10, so that the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable food does not roll over the insert 1 when the insert 1 is moved.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 of the insert 1 has a surface sufficiently large so that the at least one dent 10 may be created in the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 may fill a space in-between multiple pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods, such as seen in Figure 8. The at least one dent 10 on the insert 1 prevents the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, which is located in the at least one dent 10, to roll or move across the insert 1 whilst the insert 1 may be moved. The insert 1 may be moved for various reasons, including but not limited to: opening the fresh produce compartment in the refrigerator or drawer wherein the insert 1 may be located , moving a crate wherein the insert 1 may be located, moving a bowl wherein the insert 1 may be located, moving a picnic box wherein the insert 1 may be located, moving a food delivery service box wherein the insert 1 may be located, moving a mobile cooling container wherein the insert 1 may be located, and other possible reasons for moving the insert 1. The insert 1 may be placed in closed containers (such as lunch boxes, food, delivery boxes, picnic boxes, cooling boxes and/or similar), open containers (such as bowls, plates, crates, cases and similar), partially closed containers (such as the fresh produce compartments in the refrigerators, kitchen drawers, and/or similar), flat surfaces (such as trays, shelves, and similar), or other locations at which the user may wish to use the insert 1 for providing a fixed location of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good. The insert 1 may provide a soft bedding for the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good. The at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good may be any one or more pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods, such as one or more pieces of fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, poultry, dairy products and/or other fresh produce and/or any other perishable good. The at least one dent 10 enables that the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good, which may be positioned on the insert 1 in the at least one dent 10 as depicted in Figure 1, does not move or roll whilst the insert 1 is moving, so that the location of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good is fixed. The granules 3 may fill immediate surroundings of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good positioned on the insert 1 in the at least one dent 10. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 is located on the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable food, and/or bellow the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable food.

The granules 3 may be at least partially located around the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good positioned on the insert 1, such as seen in the examples depicted in Figure 3 and Figure 8. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 thus enable the insert 1 to be shaped in any particular form which may be at least partially located around the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good positioned on (or below) the insert 1, and may be re-shaped upon placing some other piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good on the insert 1. The re-usability and re-formation of granules 3 according to the shape of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good placed on the insert 1, enables the user of the insert 1 to use the insert 1 with various different pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable goods, so that the insert 1 may be re-shaped every time new at pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable good are placed on top (or below) the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the granules 3 may move freely inside the external layer 2 of the insert 1.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, such as depicted in Figure 2, the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1 may be created by at least one button 9 mounted, glued or sawn in the external layer 2 of the insert 1, wherein the at least one button 9 may bind the top layer and the bottom layer of the external layer 2 together so that the external layer 2 is pulled inwards at a position of the at least one button 9 and in this way creates the at least one dent 10. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1 may be created by at least one button 9 mounted or sawn in the external layer 2 of the insert 1, wherein the at least one button 9 may pull the external layer 2 inwards at a position of the at least one button 9 and in this way creates the at least one dent 10. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 includes at least one button 9 sawn in the external layer 2, wherein the at least one button 9 is configured to create the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1.

Figure 3 depicts a top view of an example embodiment of the insert 1 that includes the external layer 2 made of the top layer and the bottom layer, and the top layer and the bottom layer of the insert 1 are joint at edges using the at least one bond 4, which may be a heat bond, at least one stitch, at least one bond that binds the top and the bottom layer using a binder material, or any other suitable bond 4 that is capable of joining and binding the top layer and the bottom layer together at edges. The at least one bond 4 herein shall mean any bond, such at least one stitch, at least one heat bond, or at least one binder material bond between the top layer and the bottom layer of the external layer 2 of the insert 1 (or more than two pieces of the external layer 2 in the case wherein the external layer 2 embodies the three- dimensional shape. The at least one bond 4 may therefore be in a form of at least one stitch, at least one ultrasonically welded bond or other heat-based bond, at least one binder materialbased bond or any other bond that enables the two or more pieces of the thin bendable material that constitute the external layer 2 to be bonded together at edges in a way so that the granules 3 cannot exit the external layer 2. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the bond 4 is made with a thread so that the top and the bottom layer (or the more than two pieces of the external layer 2 in the case wherein the external layer 2 embodies the three-dimensional shape ) of the external layer 2 are stitched together. The bond 4 may be from forty (40) micrometer up to two (2) millimetres wide and/or thick. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the bond 4 is created by applying a binding material, such as various glues, to pre-determined locations on the two or more pieces of the external layer 2, and binding the two or more pieces of the external layer 2 of the insert 1 at edges, so that the granules 3 stay located in the insert 1.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, at least one location of the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1 may be moved to another location on the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, at least one location of the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1 may not be moved to another location on the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 includes 1 at least one stitch 5 sawn in the external layer 2, wherein the at least one stitch 5 is configured to create the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 includes at least one button 9 sawn in the external layer 2, wherein the at least one button 9 is configured to create the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, two or more stitches 5 or two or more buttons, which are configured to create two or more dents 10, are sawn in the external layer 2, and a distance between the two or more stitches 5 or the two or more buttons 9 on the external layer 2 is pre-determined based on a size of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable foods, that is used with the insert 1.

Figure 4 schematically depicts a top view of an example embodiment of the insert 1 that includes the external layer 2 comprising of the top layer and the bottom layer that are of rectangular shape with rounded corners, and two or more stitches 5 that create a pattern on the external layer 2 and bind the top and the bottom layer of the external layer 2 to create the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1. In Figure 4, the pattern of the two or more stitches 5 is a square net pattern. A distance between the two or more stitches 5 may be pre-determined based on a size of the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good that will be used with the insert 1. For example, if rounded fruits with diameters ranging from six (6) centimetres and eight (8) centimetres are used with the insert 1, the distance between any two of the two or more stitches 5 of the pattern, such as the square net pattern depicted in Figure 5, may be, for example, nine (9) centimetres apart from each other. In one case, for example by using tomatoes with the insert 1, the two or more stitches 5 in the pattern, such as the square net pattern depicted in Figure 5, may be distanced a couple of centimetres further apart than the size of the apples placed on top of the insert 1, so that the apples have fixed positions in two or more dents 10 created by the two or more stitches 5. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, two or more dents 10 in the insert 1 are created by the two or more stitches 5. In a top view of the insert 1 schematically depicted in Figure 4, two apples are schematically drawn in the left upper corner of the insert 1. Figure 5 schematically depicts a side view of the insert 1 that includes a zipper 6 sawn onto the surface the external layer 2. The zipper 7 may open and/or close. The zipper 7 may provide an opening in the external layer 2 so that the granules 3 may be removed or added from or into the external layer 2 of the insert 1. The zipper 7 may enable the user of the insert 1 to replace the granules 3 in the insert 1, so that the external layer 2 may be re-used after replacing the granules 3. In the case wherein the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good creates stains on the external layer 2, the external layer 2 may be washed and re-used, and/or the granules 3 may be replaced. The zipper 7 may enable the user of the insert 1 to add more of the granules 3 into the insert 1, or to remove a desired amount of the granules 3 from the insert 1, so that an amount of the granules 3 may be modified by the user of the insert 1.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 includes at least one zipper 6, or a plurality of snap fasteners, or a plurality of buttons, or a Velcro fastener or tape, wherein the at least one zipper 6, or the plurality of snap fasteners, or the plurality of buttons, or the Velcro fastener or tape, is sawn or glued to the external layer 2 and configured to provide an opening in the external layer 2, so that the granules 3 may be removed or added from or into the insert 1 through the opening in the external layer 2.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one zipper 6, or the plurality of snap fasteners, or the plurality of buttons, or the Velcro fastener or tape, may be made of polymer materials including up to 45% hemp fibres. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the external layer 2 is made of washable fabric that enables reuse of the external layer 2. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, instead of the zipper 6, other fasteners may be mounted on the external layer 2 of the insert 1, such as a Velcro (R) fastener or tape, a plurality of snap fasteners, a plurality of buttons, or similar fasteners, that may be used with textiles, and may be mounted in the external layer 2 to provide the opening in the external layer 2 of the insert 1.

Figure 6 schematically depicts a side view of an example embodiments of the insert 1, wherein the insert 1 includes two or more external layers 2, and wherein each of the two or more external layers are filled with the granules 3. The two or more external layers 2 are stacked between horizontal layers of multiple pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable foods, and provide multiple fixed locations for the multiple pieces of fresh produce and/or perishable foods, which are apples in this example. Each of the two or more external layers 2 of the insert 1 may includes the top layer and the bottom layer, which are both made of material that may be in contact with food. At least some example embodiments of the insert 1 may be sized to fit in an industrial container or crate that is typical for transporting fresh produce and/or perishable goods, such as apples. In order to keep the tomatoes or any other fresh produce and/or perishable foods fresh during transport to the consumer, each of the two or more external layers 2 of the inserts 1 may be stacked vertically between layers of perishable foods, as schematically depicted in Figure 6. In such an example embodiment, the insert 1 includes more than one external layer 2 filled with the granules 3. The plurality of the external layers 2 filled with the granules 3 may be also used by the consumer in a home environment, in this case, the inserts 1 may be sized according to the size of any one container for storing the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good in an refrigerator, wherein the consumer usually stores the at least one piece of fresh produce and/or perishable good. It is understood that the consumer may wish to use the insert 1 in an open environment and at a room temperature.

Figure 7 schematically depicts an example embodiment of the insert 1, wherein the external layer 2 embodies a three-dimensional shape of a teddy bear. The at least one dent 10 is created by the three-dimensional shape of the insert 1. The two or more pieces of the thin bendable material that constitute the external layer 2 are joined at edges with the at least one bond 4. One apple is schematically located in the at least one dent 10, so that the apple has a fixed location in the insert 1. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one dent 10 may be a void space in the three-dimensional shape of the insert 1, such as depicted in Figure 7-

Figure 8 depicts am example embodiment of the insert 1 that includes two or more external layers 2 filled with granules 3, which are stacked between multiple pieces of fresh produce. As the granules 3 enable various shapes of the insert 1 to be created by the user, the insert 1 may be placed on top of the perishable foods. In the case wherein multiple layers of fresh produce and/or perishable goods are stacked on top of each other and are separated with at least one insert 1, the granules 3 of the at least one insert 1 may be located in spaces between multiple layers of fresh produce and/or perishable goods are stacked on top of each other that are placed bellow the insert 1.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1 as disclosed herein, the size of the insert 1 is pre-determined according to a size of a standard fresh produce compartment in any one refrigerator available on the market. In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1 as disclosed herein, the size of the insert 1 is pre-determined according to a size of a standard fresh produce crate.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the surface of the external layer 2 is between 20% and 100% coated with an extract, wherein the extract includes at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, a surface of the each of the granules 3 is between 30% and 100% coated with an extract, wherein the extract includes at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the firm plant-based material of the granules 3 includes at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent, wherein the at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent is naturally occurring in the firm plant-based material of the granules.

In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the at least one plant-based antimicrobial agent is an any one or more of following plant-based antimicrobial agents; esterified sterols, triperpenes (sitosterol and amyrin), cannadinoids (such as: cannabidiol (CBD), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabigerol (CBG). V9-tetrahydrocannabinol (V9 THC) and cannabinol), phenolic acids aldehydes, fatty acids (such as vanillin, syringaldehyde, p- hy dr oxybenzaldehyde, vanillin acid, p-coumaric acid, acetosyringone, gallic acid), alkanes, sterols, phenols (clionasterol, coumarin). In at least some example embodiments of the insert 1, the insert 1 is 100% made out of hemp plants.

In at least some example embodiments of the method, the method includes the steps of surrounding granules 3 of firm plant-based material with an external layer 2 of thin bendable material to create an insert 1, configuring at least one dent 10 in the insert 1 to provide a fixed location of the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good, placing the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good in the at least one dent 10 in the insert 1, wherein a depth of the at least one dent 10 is sufficient to fix the position of the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good, so that the at least one piece of any one fresh produce and/or perishable good does not roll over the insert 1 when the insert 1 is moved.

In at least some example embodiments of the method, the method includes steps of using any one example embodiment of the product as disclosed herein.