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Out of 780, the Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Top Clinical Nutrition Startups
The insights of this data-driven analysis are derived from the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering 2 093 000+ startups & scaleups globally. The platform gives you an exhaustive overview of emerging technologies & relevant startups within a specific field in just a few clicks.
The Global Startup Heat Map below reveals the distribution of the 780 exemplary startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. Further, it highlights 5 FoodTech startups that we hand-picked based on criteria such as founding year, location, funding raised, and more. You get to explore the solutions of these 5 startups & scaleups in this report. For insights on the other 775 clinical nutrition startups, get in touch.
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Enhanced Medical Nutrition makes a Carbohydrate Drink
Doctors need to treat medical conditions such as malnutrition, before conducting surgeries. Moreover, there are risks of postoperative hyperglycemia and infections. This makes perioperative nutrition very crucial. As a result, food tech startups are offering clinical nutrition solutions that treat malnutrition, reduce postoperative health complications, and help patients heal faster.
Canadian startup Enhanced Medical Nutrition produces PREcovery, a perioperative carbohydrate drink. The formulation comprises maltodextrin, citric acid, natural flavor, sodium chloride, and stevia. It reduces postoperative insulin resistance. It offers low osmolality, ensuring safe and timely gastric emptying before surgery for diabetic patients. Additionally, the startup offers ISOlution, a whey protein isolate powder. It supports prehabilitation, wound healing, and malnutrition management.
Envara Health advances Medical Food
Despite maintaining a healthy food habit, people suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic pancreatitis, and celiac disease often struggle to absorb fat. This leads to unintentional weight loss and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms like diarrhea and abdominal bloating. To tackle this problem, startups are advancing the concept of food as medicine to enable the proper absorption of fat and other nutrients.
Envara Health is a US-based startup that offers medical food that tackles fat malabsorption. Its product, Encala, adds highly absorbable fat calories and essential fatty acids to the meals of people with CF or similar complications. It also facilitates the absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins that are already in the food they are eating. This relieves GI symptoms associated with malabsorption and helps patients achieve weight and body mass index (BMI) targets.
FeJuice produces Anemia Supplements
Millions of people worldwide suffer from iron deficiency, with or without concurrent anemia. Moreover, pregnant women are more susceptible to anemia, which may affect the mothers’ as well as the children’s health. While iron supplements help, they have side effects such as constipation, nausea, stomach pain, etc. To resolve this problem, startups are making iron-rich anemia supplements that treat anemia without posing any side effects.
FeJuice is a Serbian startup that offers a juice that prevents and treats iron deficiency. The juice comprises a nutritional formula made from a mix of fruits and vegetables that are proven to boost iron absorption in the gut. It increases iron levels in anemic patients and pregnant women without any side effects. Additionally, it contains high levels of iron and low levels of iron absorption inhibitors. Thus, lowering symptoms of anemia.
Lysulin offers Diabetic Supplements
Diabetic medicines focus more on treating the symptom of high blood glucose than the root cause — insulin resistance due to glucose toxicity. Consequently, diabetic patients need to closely monitor their carbohydrate consumption. To assist diabetic or prediabetic people cut down their carbs, food tech startups are developing diabetic supplements. These facilitate proper absorption of glucose in the cells and help them to control their blood sugar levels.
US-based startup Lysulin provides glucose-absorbing dietary supplements. The startup’s products attach to glucose for safe excretion from the body and is a is a blend of three natural ingredients — lysine, zinc, and vitamin C. The products include shakes, powders, liquids, and capsules. These products helping people with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes to maintain healthy levels of blood sugar.
myDaily provides a Protein Drink
Doctors usually prescribe birth control pills to control the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). These pills, however, have side effects like unintentional weight gain, increased prolactin levels, nausea, and decreased libido. To address this, startups are offering protein supplements that help women with PCOS regulate their cycles, manage body weight, and have acne-free skin.
Indian startup myDaily offers PCOS Protein Balance+, a protein drink for PCOS patients. It supplements vitamins B12, B6, B3, B4, B5, and C with magnesium, iron, and zinc to regulate menstrual cycles and maintain hormonal balance. It also contains green tea extracts (catechins), magnesium, and lean protein that boost metabolism and help with weight management.
Discover more Food Tech Startups
Food startups such as the examples highlighted in this report focus on nutraceuticals, prebiotics, and medical food. While all of these technologies play a major role in advancing the food industry, they only represent the tip of the iceberg. To explore more food technologies, simply get in touch to let us look into your areas of interest. For a more general overview, you can download our free FoodTech Innovation Report to save your time and improve strategic decision-making.
