Machine Learning

Radicle Science to explore the intersection of marketing and research at Expo West

22-Feb-2024 By Claudia Adrien

The future health and wellness market will be transformed by the intersection of areas such as artificial intelligence, clinical trials and marketing to deliver personalized supplement regimens and messaging to consumers.

ChatGPT's nutrition advice is limited for NCD patients: Study

19-Feb-2024 By Olivia Haslam

ChatGPT is “unable to replace a healthcare professional’s consultation”, new research has concluded, following an assessment of the chatbot’s ability to handle prompts for nutrition advice for patients with multiple noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

Is AI the answer to preventing the collapse of public healthcare?

15-Jan-2024 By Olivia Brown

The potential for personalised AI-assisted health services to alleviate the strain on the healthcare system through a preventative approach is significant, however dataset strength and barriers to access pose notable challenges for widespread implementation....

Start-up spotlight

Foodtech firm launches tool for tailoring food intake to personal needs

18-Sep-2023 By Olivia Haslam

A new digital nutrition guide, ‘Noory,’ has launched to empower individuals to customise their daily meals according to specific health requirements, with the use of AI.

Start-up Spotlight

Startup Stars: Prevess pioneering personalised nutrition with AI

28-Aug-2023 By Olivia Haslam

Founded by Timo Spring, a former professional swimmer, Prevess (Prevention Effortless) is harnessing the power of AI technology to provide in-the-moment science-backed personalised nutrition guidance to athletes.

NutraCast: Combining medicine and tech for precision nutrition

04-Aug-2023 By Danielle Masterson

A well-known physician nutritionist and serial tech entrepreneur have joined forces to combine their medicine and consumer technology expertise to launch a AHARA, precision nutrition Consumer Health Tech Company that provides ultra-personalized nutrition...

'World’s first’ energy drink developed by artificial intelligence

28-Jul-2023 By Flora Southey

In Hungary, a beverage manufacturer claims to have produced the 'world’s first’ energy drink completely designed by AI.

Bioactives’ moment has arrived

25-Jul-2023 By Danielle Masterson

A new coalition has formed, paving the way for mainstream awareness about bioactives found in plants, fungi and other natural sources.

Climax Foods partners with Benchling to discover new plant ingredients via AI

19-Jul-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Climax Foods ramps up its ingredient discovery through its partnership with Benchling, an AI-driven data platform, which scours over 300,000 edible plant varieties to determine ingredients that offer novelty, functionality and economically sound scalability...

CBD alliance to benefit from AI technology

29-Jun-2023 By Olivia Haslam

The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) and the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) have formed a strategic partnership with Chem ID Ltd, a provider of chemical data standardisation, validation, and traceability solutions.

From informed to involved: Qina shares shifts in personalised nutrition space

31-Mar-2023 By Olivia Brown

Mariette Abrahams, CEO and founder of Qina, discusses how consumers are now seeking support to action personalised advice, urging personalised nutrition (PN) platforms to prioritise behavioural change approaches and incorporate technology and wearables...

Tech, TCM connect to develop personalized skincare products

20-Feb-2023 By Danielle Masterson

By combining their expertise in artificial intelligence and Chinese medicinal plants, Green Mountain Biotech and MeNow are identifying new plant combinations for managing a variety of skin conditions.

AI pioneer Nuritas hints at peptide pipeline spanning sleep, cognition, immunity, & more

15-Nov-2022 By Stephen Daniells

With a couple of ingredients already on the market for muscle and cellular aging, Nuritas’ next wave of artificial intelligence driven ingredient discoveries will target some big consumer health needs, including glucose management and very specialized...

Glaxon launches new supplement powered by AI-derived PeptiStrong peptide

26-Oct-2022 By Stephen Daniells

Sports nutrition brand Glaxon’s new Anomaly product is formulated with peptide derived from a peptide unlocked in fava beans. The PeptiStrong ingredient was discovered and developed by Nuritas.

Personalized nutrition player Lykon raises €10 million

12-Sep-2022 By Stephen Daniells

The Series A financing round will enable the Berlin-based personalized nutrition player to develop new markets and target groups, says Lykon’s CEO.

Machine learning data mining technique finds potential new drug-supplement interactions

17-Jun-2022 By Hank Schultz

Researchers using an advanced machine learning approach found 76 new potential drug-supplement interactions when combing through a raft of studies.

M.I.T., Stanford, Mount Sinai: More speakers announced for IPAWC + Probiota Americas

13-Apr-2022 By Stephen Daniells

The upcoming IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas will feature a Tech Showcase covering advances in data collection, microbiome analysis, and the application of machine learning to create novel probiotic formulations.

A.I. platform Canomiks partners with startup accelerator

06-Apr-2022 By Hank Schultz

Canomiks, a startup that filters genomics data through an A.I. platform to drive ingredient development, has entered into a partnership with KiwiTech LLC, an investment platform that provides ‘support ecosystems’ for growth stage companies.

Nuritas flexes finance-building might in €40m funding to boost peptide offerings

30-Nov-2021 By Will Chu

Nuritas has raised €40m ($45m) in the Irish biotech firm’s latest round of funding intended to finance global expansion efforts and potential new additions to its portfolio of plant-based bioactive peptides.

NutraCast: Sonia Grego, PhD, on Smart Sampling Toilet technology

04-Jun-2021 By Danielle Masterson

A smart toilet that uses artificial intelligence is making a splash at Duke University. The tool, which is under development, can be retrofitted within the pipes of an existing toilet to help analyze stool. The new technology could assist in managing...

Global survey: AI the new norm in nutraceuticals

03-Jun-2021 By Danielle Masterson

The technological advancements are enabling a more personalized approach towards nutrition.

NutraVideo: Lief Labs' CEO on technology innovation to advance supplement industry

08-Feb-2021 By Danielle Masterson

Artificial intelligence, smart warehouses, machine learning — these are just a few of the many emerging technologies that highlight the impact tech has on supply chains. One company says it is utilizing many of these tech tools is contract manufacturer...