💡 With 77% of millennials reporting to be thinking about gut health now more than ever, fiber-rich snacking options are top of mind. Upcycled fiber ingredients, like Brightseed® Bio Gut Fiber, boast the added benefit of supporting the environment through reduced food waste. The appeal of foods made from upcycled ingredients has steadily increased from 63% in 2021 to 71% in 2023 globally, proving that what's good for your gut can also be good for the planet. #Fiber #SmartSnacking #UpcycledIngredients References: Bio Gut Consumer Concept Test June 2024, n=2,000 US adults census representative, FMCG Gurus Top Ten Trends for 2024 Global Report.
About us
Brightseed is a pioneer in biosciences and artificial intelligence (A.I.) that illuminates nature to restore human health. Brightseed’s proprietary A.I., Forager®, accelerates bioactive discovery, biological validation and ingredient formulation from years to months, rapidly revealing new connections between nature and humanity. Through Forager® and clinical evaluation, Brightseed partners with organizations across the consumer health continuum to offer insight into the world of bioactives and health solutions. Brightseed produces branded, proprietary, clinically proven bioactives that are sold to leading dietary supplement, food & beverage CPG, specialty nutrition and medical food companies for incorporation into health beneficial consumer products. Visit www.brightseedbio.com to learn more.
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https://www.brightseedbio.com/
External link for Brightseed
- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
Locations
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Primary
650 5th St
San Francisco, California 94107, US
Employees at Brightseed
Updates
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Meeting your daily fiber intake with a #bioactive boost just got a little tastier 🍫☕ We’re excited to see consumer demand for new #fiber solutions result in a flavor expansion of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods' Organic Bioactive Fiber 🙌 Bioactive Fiber is a new supplement solution powered by Brightseed's Bio Gut Fiber, a unique fiber ingredient made from #upcycled hemp hulls and featuring two natural bioactives for gut health. Bio Gut Fiber can be seamlessly incorporated to a range of functional foods, beverages, and dietary #supplements. Read on to learn more:
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods and Brightseed® introduce new Coffee and Chocolate flavors in Organic Bioactive Fiber supplements for gut health. Learn more https://ow.ly/fFac50SE7lR
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Go with your gut - research shows that snacks which naturally support digestive health are hitting the mark with today's consumers. Over 50% of US consumers surveyed report to seek out snacks made with natural ingredients, while 1 in 3 view snacks with gut health claims as desirable, according to a FMCG Gurus 2024 consumer snacking report. Want to learn more about the trends and innovations fueling snack product development in the Ozempic era? There's still time to register for FoodNavigator-USA's upcoming webinar, "Elevating healthy snacking: Meeting demand for function, flavor, format." Click below to hear from panel of industry experts as they dive into what's new, what's next, and what's getting noticed by today's health-conscious snackers. https://lnkd.in/e3zAiHvu #Fiber #HealthySnacking #GutHeath #Ingredients
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Intelligent Bites: How is AI reshaping the food & beverage industry? We're excited to be participating at IFT FIRST 2024 in Chicago (July 14 - 17) hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) to dive into the latest & greatest in #foodscience and #innovation. On July 16 at 11am CST, Brightseed's Co-Founder and CEO Jim Flatt will join Karim Pichara from NotCo in a fireside chat to discuss the present and future of novel ingredient development and the role of #AI to accelerate, de-risk and optimize innovation work streams. Register here to join us onsite and say hello to our team members David Blackwood, Mary Beth Miranda, PhD., Susan Cocca, Liz Clarke, MS, CFS, Janelle Limqueco https://lnkd.in/gN__xW9Q #bioactives #functionalingredients #foodtech #IFTFIRST #foodandbev
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Until the application of AI, the vast percentage of #bioactives were unexplored in the “dark matter” of nature due to the challenges associated with their discovery and isolation. Our Co-founder and COO Sofia Elizondo recently joined the Omnivore Podcast from Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) to discuss how our #AI platform, Forager, is building the world's largest digitized library of natural compounds mapped to human health targets, and how attention to bioactives is unlocking innovative, health-forward formulations for food & beverage. #foodandbev #functionalfood #ingredients #brightseedbioactives #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #metabolomics
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Thanks to the rise of GLP-1 agonists in the mainstream, we find ourselves in new market landscape where the average consumer is grasping what mechanisms of action are, and how they function for health & wellness. In the June issue of Nutrition Business Journal, Editor in Chief Rick Polito makes keen observations on how the GLP-1 trend is reinvigorating a demand for #fiber based on its proven capacity to activate #guthealth. In this article, Brightseed’s Co-Founder and CEO Jim Flatt offers insight on the landscape and how Brightseed’s novel bioactive ingredient for total gut strength, Bio Gut Fiber, is joining the ranks of fresh fiber products designed for today’s new consumer in mind. Read more about it in NBJ's Condition Specific Issue: https://lnkd.in/g2isdsbD #BrightseedBioactives #bioactiveingredients #guthealth #bioactives #mechanismsofaction #consumerhealth #nutrition
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We're thrilled announce our continued work with Ocean Spray Cranberries to clinically validate previously unknown bioactives identified by our AI platform, Forager®. Ocean Spray's leading research scientists Lindsey Christman and Christina Khoo, PhD will host a poster session co-authored by Brightseed's Director of Computation, Chuan Wang at American Society for Nutrition's annual conference #Nutrition2024 on June 30, 2024 at 11:45am CDT in Chicago, IL. The poster presentation titled, “Decoding the Total Bioactive Health Potential of the Cranberry Through AI,” will demonstrate the collective work between Ocean Spray and Brightseed to uncover hidden health benefits of cranberries. Come say hello to our team at the conference Jan-Willem van Klinken, MD PhD MS FACN; Swati Kalgaonkar, PhD; Mary Beth Miranda; Douglas Bolster, PhD
Ocean Spray and Brightseed Expand Partnership to Validate Novel Health Benefits Of Bioactive Compounds Found In Various Cranberry Varieties Using Forager® AI
globenewswire.com
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Did you know that today is National Upcycling Day? 🙌🏿 🎉 🙌🏽 While #Recycling is the process of destroying and repurposing to make something new, #upcycling is unique in that it uses materials in their current state to transform into something with added value. Upcycling can give clothing, building materials, packaging and even #food ingredients a second life. At Brightseed, we're proud to carry the Upcycled Certified® seal on 100% of our Bio Gut Fiber ingredients. Made from upcycled hemp hulls, Bio Gut Fiber is the bioactive-rich dietary fiber that adds a powerful punch of nutrition to everyday foods like bars, puffed snacks, and beverages. What is the Upcycled Certified® program, you ask? Put simply, it's designed to reduce food waste by promoting the upcycling food economy. Upcycled products use ingredients that have full nutritional value and are safe, but for various reasons, would have gone to waste. Additionally, it's the only third-party certification for upcycled foods in the world. The program's goal is to have upcycled food products sold in every grocery store in the United States by 2030. And consumers are taking note of ingredient upcycling as a sustainable way to build a better future through the reduction of food waste. According to FMCG Gurus, the percentage of global consumers who view upcycled ingredients as appealing has risen significantly over the past few years to represent over 70% of respondents.
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David Blackwood knows a thing or two about functional ingredients for consumer health & wellness. As Brightseed's Senior Vice President of Bioactives, David steers the growth and development strategy, as well as the scale-up of Brightseed's IP-protected pipeline of #bioactive ingredients and products for functional food, beverage, and #supplement applications. Prior to joining our team, David held leadership roles at prominent global health and ingredient companies including DSM and PanTheryx, Inc. “Our ability to harness the potential positive impact of food, #plants, and ingredients on our health is growing exponentially with the introduction of innovative companies like Brightseed and the next-generation technology they bring to the table, paving the way to a healthier future,” said Blackwood. “I’m excited to be a part of the company bringing bioactives to the forefront of food and nutrition, with the ultimate goal of positively impacting consumer health and wellness.” David is featured this month's issue of Nutrition Industry Executive/VRM Media as part of an esteemed panel of experts offering informed perspectives on market trends and the landscape ahead. 📖 Read the Q&A here: https://lnkd.in/ez3qqFqX 💡 To learn more about David's addition to our team, visit the Brightseed newsroom: https://lnkd.in/gHgxS7Sh #BrightseedBioactives #nutraceuticals #nutrition #functionalingredients
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Poster session selfie from ASM Microbe 2024 with the team from University of Nevada, Reno's college of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources presenting our work to investigate Bio Gut Fiber's impact on the #microbiome.
Congratulations Karla Flores on presenting your work at #ASMicrobe! Great job!!
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