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Who I work with

Ingredient Manufacturers, FoodTech startups, and Corporate innovation teams developing dietary fiber, plant-based, and fermentation-derived ingredients, biotics and gut microbiome–impacting ingredients who need to translate complex chemistry and biology into reliable functionality, scalable processes, and credible health claims, as well as Venture Partners and Regulatory Consultants needing strategic expert opinions.

Food Innovators that

  • want a fast, expert second opinion on ingredient scientific credibility

  • feel uneasy about ingredient’s claims, data, or story

  • need to hold up in due diligence or investor Q&A

  • need to check claims and performance logic for customers and partners

  • want to strengthen technology or product differentiation

  • need scientific support to decide what to back—and what not to

  • need to identify customers or adopters of their technologies/products

  • need to scout companies innovating in the field

What I Offer

Rapid System Understanding

  • Ingredient type and structural features

  • Processing context (current or planned)

  • Application and food matrix assumptions

Mechanistic Stress Test

  • What actually drives the claimed functionality or bioactivity

  • What is evidence-backed vs inferred

  • Where structure–function logic breaks down

  • What will not survive scrutiny from experts

Claim & Evidence Alignment

  • Mapping current claims to mechanisms

  • Identifying gaps, overreach, or weak links

  • Highlighting what is defensible now vs later

  • An educational program designed for individuals or teams building products that impact gut health, providing the scientific foundations needed to make informed innovation, validation, and claim decisions.

    The course covers gut microbiome science, ingredient–host interactions, functional outcomes, and common pitfalls in food-led gut health innovation.
    Full details and curriculum are available on the dedicated course page.

  • A focused, no-cost conversation to understand your project, risks, and goals and identify the most relevant advisory path for your business.

  • A time-bound sprint to clarify what to build, what to claim, and what to validate before major commitments are made.
    This engagement identifies scientific, clinical, and regulatory risks early, and provides clear go / adjust / stop recommendations so teams can move forward with confidence.

    Deliverable: a concise Mechanism & Claim Readiness Brief highlighting critical risks, gaps, and prioritized actions to move forward with confidence.

  • A senior-level advisory engagement providing ongoing scientific and strategic judgment for complex food and ingredient innovation.
    Designed for teams already in motion, this engagement supports high-stakes decisions by aligning ingredient science, claims, and long-term direction as projects scale.

Our Process

Gut Health & Microbiome for Food Innovators (Online Course)

What we cover:
Advanced, food-relevant gut health science, focusing on mechanisms, functional outcomes, evidence standards, and practical limits of food-led microbiome innovation.

Who it’s for:
Professionals with a foundational understanding of gut health seeking deeper insight into how food and ingredient innovation truly impacts gut function and tolerability.

Free 30-Minute Discovery Call

What we cover:
A structured review of your venture or product concept, development stage, scientific novelty, target customer, regulatory exposure, and key scientific or business risks.

Who it’s for:
Founders, venture studios and investors, R&D teams developing novel ingredients or brands, and regulatory consultants preparing gap analyses.

Discovery & De-Risking Sprint

What you get:

A concise de-risking brief highlighting key flags, gaps, limitations and priorities

  • Clear go / adjust / stop recommendations

  • A practical action plan to move forward with confidence

Who it’s for:

Founders, venture partners, R&D teams, and regulatory consultants who need clear, independent scientific direction before scaling, fundraising, or validation investment.

Key questions:

  • Is this ingredient or concept scientifically credible?

  • Are our proposed health claims realistic?

  • What are the biggest scientific or regulatory red flags?

  • Do we have enough evidence to move forward?

  • Where should we invest first to reduce risk?

  • What are the ethical, regulatory, and technical risks of our current protocol or brand concept?

  • How do we adapt if a clinical or claim strategy fails?

Signature Advisory Engagement

What you get:

High-level scientific guidance supporting multiple decisions.

Scientific narrative alignment across R&D, regulatory, and commercial teams.

Who it’s for:

Advanced startups and corporate teams operating at the frontier of food innovation, where additional R&D expertise supports high-stakes decisions.

Key questions:

  • Given our science, what claims and directions are realistically achievable over time?

  • How do we make fewer, better decisions as our product, pipeline, or portfolio grows?

  • Where are the true opportunities — and the hard limits — of our ingredients or technology?

  • How do we align R&D, regulatory, and commercial teams around a credible scientific narrative?

  • Which scientific priorities deserve continued investment, and which do not?

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