‘Being Swedish, I know that quotation works’ – Joanne Ledunger [Interview]
Joanna Ledunger is CEO and founder of Healthy Longer, a Switzerland-based startup that makes personalised neuro-nutrient recommendations based on artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse mental health...
View ArticleFast-acting functional confectionery to combat sugar cravings [Video interview]
Startup Innovation Challenge winner Sweet Victory Gum produces a plant-based functional confectionery that blocks sugar receptors on the tongue.
View ArticleEthical vegan supplements scoop sustainability award [Interview]
Terraseed’s sustainable and ethical supplements for vegans was the winner in the Most Innovative Sustainable Solution category at the Vitafoods Startup Innovation Challenge. We spoke with Terraseed...
View ArticleGum that targets sugar craving wins innovation award [Interview]
Sweet Victory Gum, a plant-based functional confectionery that can help consumers overcome sugar cravings, was recognised as the most innovative finished nutraceutical product at the Vitafoods Startup...
View ArticleBringing the ‘true gut microbiome’ to the forefront of nutraceuticals [Video...
Startup Innovation Challenge winner Nimble Science has developed a capsule-based precision sampling technology to perform liquid biopsies directly from the small intestine, allowing investigators to...
View ArticleLeveraging 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.
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