Leveraging AI to provide personalised neuro-nutrient recommendations [Video...
A Swiss startup has won an award for its technology that uses AI to analyse mental health symptoms, combined with neuro-biomarkers from dried urine samples, to provide personalised neuro-nutrient...
View Article‘It's networking, networking, networking; sometimes losing but also...
Chanyu Xu, co-founder of female wellness brand HER ONE, is a serial entrepreneur with not one but five startups under her belt. Driven by Xu’s passion for women’s health, wellness, and...
View ArticleSustainable solutions for vegan supplement consumers [Video interview]
Startup Innovation Challenge winner Terraseed, which makes ethical supplements for vegans, says sustainability is “part of its DNA”.
View ArticleStartup pioneers at-home test kits to assess mother and baby gut health
Scientists are beginning to unravel the impact of the gut microbiome on the wellbeing of mothers and their babies.
View ArticleLipid agonist ingredient aims to help overweight consumers [Interview]
EktaH was the winner in the Most Innovative Nutraceutical Ingredient category at the Vitafoods Europe 2023 Startup Innovation Challenge. We spoke with the biotech startup’s CEO, Xavier Boidevézi, about...
View ArticleVaginal microbial transplantation: The next frontier in women’s health?
With parallels to faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), used to address certain intestinal conditions, the promise of vaginal microbial transplantation (VMT) is creating commercial possibilities,...
View ArticleStanford-born startup develops nutrition-based, drug-free cancer treatment
Filtricine, a US-based biotech startup, has developed a first-of-its-kind approach to drug-free cancer treatment and prevention that uses personalised nutrition to starve the growth of cancerous cells.
View ArticleUpcycling anti-inflammatory nano-nutrients from whey
Israeli startup Exosomm has developed a chemical-free process to extract exosomes – the nano-nutrients found in mammalian milk that have anti-inflammatory properties – from whey. This is a...
View ArticleDigital startup leverages biomarker analysis with neuro-nutrition [Interview]
Digital mental health startup HEALTHY-LONGER combines neuro-biomarker analysis to identify nutrient deficiencies impacting mental health with highly personalised neuro-nutrient recommendations.
View ArticleJellatech CSO on scaling up bio-identical, cell-cultured human collagen
On the back of an oversubscribed $3.5 million seed round, cell-cultured collagen startup Jellatech plans to serve the high-value, low-volume biomedical market with its bio-identical human collagen...
View ArticleJamu: Giving Indonesian traditional medicine a modern makeover
Jamu, an ancient Indonesian craft practised exclusively by women, is getting a modern makeover in the functional beverage space.
View ArticleFast-tracking ‘transformative’ ingredient discovery: How AI is changing new...
While artificial intelligence (AI) has become something of an overused buzzword in the nutraceutical world, true AI has the power to allow R&D scientists to discover genuinely transformative...
View ArticleWater lentils: A minuscule plant with a massive impact
Scalable, nutritious, and easy to grow: the water lentil is a superfood with sustainability credentials that pack a punch.
View ArticleCBD brands react after UK food regulator cuts safe daily dose limit
Cannabidiol (CBD) brands have been speaking out after the UK’s food regulator slashed the safe daily dose limit for the cannabis extract.
View Article‘There is a lot of stigma in the world of health, for men and women’ – Marta...
Marta Letica is head of growth at Ani Biome, a Croatian startup researching and designing wellness products that target the gut-brain axis.
View Article‘Medicine needs to start looking at the patient as a whole’: Dr Daniela...
Dr Daniela Grohmann is a medical doctor and expert in Chinese Medicine Dermatology with several years of global pharma industry experience in drug safety and executive functions.
View ArticleTackling the bioavailability challenge
A nutrient will only be nutritious if it is absorbed and used by the body, and this is one of the challenges that supplement and functional food brands face. How can they ensure their products are...
View ArticlePrecision fermentation: Challenges for the alternative protein industry, part 1
Precision fermentation could pave the way towards a new generation of sustainable proteins. But questions around formulation, consumer education, and marketability present challenges for industry.
View ArticlePrecision fermentation: Challenges for the alternative protein industry, part 2
Precision fermentation is widely touted for its sustainability credentials – but how can formulators be sure that the model is truly circular?
View ArticleEntries now open for the Vitafoods Europe Startup Innovation Challenge 2024
Are you an innovative startup in the nutraceutical space? Does your product, ingredient, service, technology, or digital solution have what it takes to disrupt the industry for the better? Then apply...
View ArticleVaginal health offers opportunities for biotics beyond the gut
Launches in vaginal health products are growing, creating opportunities for enterprising brands to leverage consumers’ familiarity with pre- and probiotics beyond the gut, according to Mintel.
View ArticleThe 2024 Vitafoods Europe Startup Innovation Challenge: Launching global...
The Startup Innovation Challenge is returning to Vitafoods Europe! Download this e-magazine to find out more about the event and hear testimonials from previous winners.
View ArticleFunctional fungi startup focuses on immune, brain, and gut health
US-based startup Sempera Organics is looking to create “differentiated solutions for brain, gut, and immunity” by continuing to expand its “growing genetics library” of functional mushrooms.
View ArticleSpacegoods receives €2.9m to develop functional mushrooms and nootropics...
UK-based health and wellness startup Spacegoods has raised €2.9m (£2.5m) in seed funding that will be used to develop its functional mushrooms and nootropics range.
View ArticlePlant cell cultivation startup Ayana Bio scales up agriculture-free saffron
Ayana Bio has inked a seven-figure deal with Wooree Green Science to develop high potency, full spectrum saffron bioactives using plant cell cultivation instead of traditional agriculture.
View ArticleMicroalgae-based fat closely replicates triglyceride composition in breast milk
US biotech firm Checkerspot has developed a human milk fat analogue for infant formula that more closely replicates the triglyceride composition found in human milk than current alternatives such as...
View Article‘I am proud to have created a company … that is making space for women and...
Ashley Harmon is the founder and CEO of Mela Vitamins, a wellness company formulating supplements to meet the unique nutritional needs of melanated people. She was a recipient of the 2023 United...
View ArticleGen Z and the ‘sober curious’ lifestyle: Growth opportunities for industry
More Gen Z consumers are embracing a ‘sober curious’ lifestyle. This shift in consumption habits is creating opportunities for beverage brands to carve out a meaningful space in the growing market.
View ArticleYeastup: Extracting three functional ingredients from one sidestream
Swiss startup Yeastup uses a patented mechanical-enzymatic extraction process to produce upcycled protein, beta-glucan, and mannan fibre from brewer’s spent yeast.
View ArticleRevealed: The 18 finalists of the 2024 Vitafoods Europe Startup Innovation...
Find out which trailblazing startups were chosen for their innovative ingredients, finished products, and technologies for the 2024 Vitafoods Europe Startup Innovation Challenge.
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