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Milk- and Dairy Alternatives

Blue Diamond & Brightseed Find 188 Predicted Bioactive Compounds in Almonds

Leading almond marketer and processor Blue Diamond has partnered with bioactives company Brightseed to better understand the health potential of Californian almonds. Brightseed uses a proprietary AI technology called Forager to identify bioactives — molecules produced by plants that trigger specific health benefits. The technology works at a rate, speed, and scale that was previously impossible, with the company raising $68 million last year to further accelerate its nutrient discovery. After profiling Blue Diamond’s almonds, Forager has found 188 predicted compounds that could impact areas such as mental wellness, metabolic health, and immunity. Almonds are already known to be highly nutrient-dense, with benefits for heart health, blood glucose management, weight management, and gut health. They may also help to protect the skin from UV damage. …

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ADM and Brightseed to develop synbiotic products for microbiome optimization

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Ingredients

ADM and Brightseed Partner to Develop Synbiotic Products for Gut Health

US ingredients leader ADM has announced a partnership with bioactives company Brightseed to develop evidence-based functional synbiotic products that target microbiome optimization. ADM, which has invested an undisclosed amount in the venture, aims to offer a range of clinically validated functional ingredients for foods and beverages, dietary supplements, and medical foods by 2025. Synbiotics are gut health solutions in the form of food and supplements, which combine probiotics (health-beneficial microbial strains) with prebiotics (non-digestible fibers and plant substrates that microbes use to grow), explains ADM. AI technology The collaboration involves using Brightseed’s AI technology, Forager, to decipher the molecular interactions between dietary plants and gut microbes and their precise impact on human health. Preliminary profiling has showcased the AI’s ability to discover bioactives in plants and …

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Ingredients

Brightseed Completes $68M Series B to Commercialize Novel Hemp Ingredients

Brightseed, a pioneer in tech-based phytonutrient research, announces it has raised $68M in Series B funding to accelerate its plant nutrient discovery and bring new ingredients, including special hemp-derived compounds, to market. The company’s first hemp compounds, NCT and NFT, are derived from upcycled seed hulls and are expected to launch in the next nine months.  Hemp may lower fat Using its Forager AI platform, Brightseed is able to identify and map plants’ bioactive compounds and relate them to human health benefits with rapid speed, reports NutraIngredients-USA. Forager technology has so far mapped 2 million plant compounds, including N-trans caffeoyltyramine (NCT) and N-trans-feruloyltyramine (NFT) from hemp hulls. Preclinical research suggests the hemp compounds help to reduce liver fat and regulate lipid levels. To commercialize these …

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Plantbased Business Hour

Are Phytonutrients The Answer to Our Health Crisis?

Are phytonutrients the answer to our health crisis? Sofia Elizondo, co-founder & COO of Brightseed joins Elysabeth Alfano on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss how AI technology is breaking through “Dark Matter” and revolutionizing our health. 1) What the heck is Dark Matter? 2) Why do we need AI to find it? 3) Why has it taken so long?  and 4) Will big pharma be a competitor or a collaborator? Find out on the Plantbased Business Hour.  A highlight clip (2:27) of Sophia discussing the cutting edge between science and health, and plants and nutrition is below. For the full interview, click here.  Click here for the audio podcast. Display content from YouTube Click here to display content from YouTube. Learn more in YouTube’s privacy policy. Always …

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Company News

Brightseed Raises $52 Million as Investors Bet on Artificial Intelligence-Powered Plant Discoveries

Brightseed, a US-based biosciences and AI company, announces today that it has raised $27 million in growth financing, bringing its total funding to $52 million. The company is committed to generating new knowledge from plants using its Artificial Intelligence technology named Forager, which it says is a world-first in its field.

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Danone North America Partners With Biomedical Artificial Intelligence company to “Unlock Health Benefits from Plants at an Unprecedented Speed”

Danone North America, the world’s largest B Corp and a leader in plant-based food and beverage, has partnered with Brightseed, a biosciences and AI company, to “unlock health benefits from plants at an unprecedented speed”, using artificial intelligence which they say is set to usher in a new era of discovery and precision nutrition.

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