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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) - USD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)    
Federal deposit insurance corporation limits $ 250,000  
U.S. government aggregated amount 3,546,529 $ 4,650,044
Advertising expenses 55,263 114,860
Stock-based compensation $ 199,783 $ 67,399
Concentration risk percentage, description
Sales to significant customers that amounted to 10% or more of total product sales.
  
Property, plant and equipment, description The facility we are constructing to produce the active pharmaceutical ingredient, Nisin, is being depreciated over 39 years from when a certificate of occupancy was issued during the fourth quarter of 2017. We are evaluating the estimated useful lives of the assets included in construction in progress since they were not placed in service as of December 31, 2017. Significant repairs to fixed assets that benefit more than a current period are capitalized and depreciated over their useful lives.  
Accounts receivable, description Less than $1,000 of accounts receivable was written off during 2017.