(3) Revenues and Other Income

Revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods is transferred to customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for those goods. When our ingredients and finished products are shipped, with control being transferred at the shipping point, is the point in time at which we recognize the related revenue.

 We generally expense sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period would have been one year or less. These costs are recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses. Customers’ deposits, deferred revenue and other receipts are deferred and recognized when the revenue is realized and earned. Cash payments to customers are classified as reductions of revenue in our statements of operations. For select customers the Company may pay volume rebates which are variable in nature due the amount the select customer will take. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, no customers earned a volume rebate. For the year ended December 31, 2024, one customer earned a volume rebate of $35,000.

 Contract balances at March 31, 2025, December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023 are as follows:

Revenue recognized in the reporting period that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period was $2,891 and $1,279 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Other revenue may include revenue from technology license fees and paid development projects. Technology license fees and paid development projects are recognized over time when the obligations under the agreed upon contractual arrangements are performed on our part.  Other revenue recognized over time was $50 and $96, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

As part of the sales process, it is common for the Company to receive customer deposits. These deposits are typically held for less than a year and do not result in a financing component to the sales. The customer deposits are recognized as revenue when the Company ships the finished goods to the customer. Revenue is recognized when the goods are shipped.

The Company will for some customers arrange for the shipping of the finished goods. Revenues and costs associated with the shipment of the finished goods are recorded separately within product revenue and cost of revenue, respectively, on the consolidated statement of operations. With regard to revenue recognition, shipping activities that occur prior to the customers’ obtaining control of the goods are not a promised service to the customer, but rather activities to fulfill the Company’s promise to transfer the goods. As such, these activities are not deemed a performance obligation requiring allocation of the transaction price. Similarly, shipping activities that occur after the customers’ obtaining control of the goods are, as a matter of policy, also not a promised service to the customer, but rather an activity to fulfill the Company’s promise to transfer the goods.