The structuring of definitions is one of the essential components of the process of creationand development of knowledge. The concept of a prototype is designed to explore, approve, or validatedifferent aspects of the product and, finally, demonstrate compliance with the objectives of the proposeddesign and the requirements of the identified market. In the project: “Fortalecimiento de las capacidades deinvestigación, desarrollo e innovación (I+D+i) para la producción de ingredientes naturales (IN) a partir debiomasa residual (BR), Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Occidente-IN SGR CTI”, one of the aims was to obtain threeprototypes of natural ingredients (PNI) from residual agricultural and agro-industrial biomass of tropicalfruit trees locally produced, differentiating, and innovative of world-class. For this project, two workshopswere held: a theoretical-practical one to define PNI and establish its scope and an internal one, to analyzethe results. The first workshop had two stages: the first one (lectures) and the second one (teamwork togenerate PNI definitions). In the second workshop, the definitions were analyzed and consolidated. As aresult, it was concluded that this definition should consider the following elements: production at scale,functions of the prototype (exploration, approval, and validation), and demonstrations of compliance withthe design objectives (acceptability and market requirements).