Brightseed

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

💡 According to a Brightseed 2023 consumer study of 800 US adults, 7 in 10 expressed interested in products touting the benefit of “supports total gut strength," while the product claim "supports gut barrier" appealed to 67% of respondents. 💪🏽 While current #DigestiveHealth ingredient solutions focus on healthy digestion and microbiome balance, the role of #GutBarrier function often goes underappreciated. Addressing all three essential components of total gut strength has previously proved challenging through any single ingredient solution — until now. Explore the newest wave in gut health ingredient innovation and the trifecta of total gut strength with Brightseed® Bio Gut Fiber. Click below to access the white paper, full of market and innovation insights! https://lnkd.in/ePWuzmgS

🗓️ June 14: ASM Microbe Conference 2024 📍 Location: Atlanta, GA 📑 Session: “Novel plant-derived bioactive compounds shape the human gut microbiome in vitro” Our understanding of the #microbiome is evolving rapidly, and its importance to our overall health cannot be overstated. Bio Gut Fiber, Brightseed’s innovative bioactive #fiber ingredient derived from #upcycled hemp hulls, was recently involved in a pre-clincal study for its ability to increase alpha diversity and short-chain fatty acid production associated with better #guthealth. The study was conducted in collaboration with Steven Frese, PhD and Karla Flores Martinez from the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources. On June 14 at the 2024 American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Microbe Conference in #Atlanta, the findings will be presented by our academic collaborators in a poster session titled “Novel plant-derived #bioactive compounds shape the human gut microbiome in vitro.” This event promises to be a key moment for anyone interested in the intersection of nutrition, microbiology, and health. #BrightseedBioactives #BioGutFiber #ASMMicrobe2024 #NutritionScience #HealthInnovation #SustainableNutrition #UpcycledIngredients #ScientificResearch

Are you in Salt Lake City this week for IPA World Congress + Probioata Americas 2024? Join us tomorrow, Jan 12 at noon MDT where Brightseed's David Brown will present  ‘How AI is Decoding the #Microbiome for Bioactive Ingredient Discovery’ on Wednesday, June 12 at noon MDT. Our AI platform, Forager, is rapidly indexing the molecular inventory of the natural world and building the largest commercial database of compounds mapped to human health targets to accelerate and de-risk ingredient novel ingredient discovery and development. Forager's latest frontier is leveraging its molecular data from both plants and microbes to unlock the power of #synbiotics for consumer health. To unlock the mysteries of how diet impacts health, Forager is predicting multitudes of previously unknown #bioactives resulting from the complex interactions between gut bacteria, food and other natural ingredients. We're excited to be working with CJ Foods to expand Forager's exploration into #fermented foods analysis and its impact on #guthealth on the molecular level. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gnXd83Yw #Probiota #healthandwellness #guthealth #supplements #foodandbeverage

💡 🌎 Did you know that today is World Environment Day? It's is the biggest international day for the environment, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and held annually since 1973. In honor of this year's theme of land restoration and drought resilience, Brightseed is shining a spotlight on an often overlooked sustainable plant source for human nutrition - hemp! Check out our infographic below detailing the hemp plant's beneficial effect on both the environment and human health. By utilizing an untapped part of the hemp plant - specifically the hemp hull - Brightseed has created a unique fiber ingredient called Bio Gut Fiber, rich in naturally occurring bioactives and Certified Upcycled® to reduce food waste. Interested in learning more about what Bio Gut Fiber can do? Contact us today at https://lnkd.in/gqrQXrrR #sustainability #hemp #HumanNutrition #PlantsForWellness #Bioactives #Ingredients