Today’s patients and consumers are more demanding of their food than ever before. Not only do food products have to be natural, wholesome and nourishing, they must also have a positive impact on health. All without compromising on taste and texture or ease of consumption.
NutriLeads is looking to help people strengthen their health by identifying and developing natural ingredients with clinically proven health benefits.
NutriLeads is a dynamic clinical-stage Health Ingredients company that develops crop-derived food ingredients with clinically proven health benefits for specific patient and consumer groups. Our proprietary natural ingredients support human physiology, beneficially modulate the gut microbiome, and are upcycled.
Our award-winning ingredient, BeniCaros, had been clinically demonstrated to train immune system by accelerating the innate protective response, increase resistance to respiratory infections and improve quality of life. BeniCaros is upcycled from carrot pomace, a by-product of carrot juice production. BeniCaros is a natural, plant-based, label friendly ingredient with broad applicability and can be easily incorporated into supplements, beverages and functional foods.
All of NutriLeads' proprietary ingredients undergo clinical trials to demonstrate their efficacy in improving human health and are taken through regulatory approval for market access before being licensed out to partner companies who will incorporate the ingredients in their finished (food) products.
We are a private company headquartered in Wageningen, a world-renowned centre for food research and development in the Netherlands, also known as the ‘Food Valley’. We have received non-dilutive funding from various regional, national and European grants and are backed by VCs.
NutriLeads is looking to help people strengthen their health by identifying and developing natural ingredients with clinically proven health benefits.
NutriLeads is a dynamic clinical-stage Health Ingredients company that develops crop-derived food ingredients with clinically proven health benefits for specific patient and consumer groups. Our proprietary natural ingredients support human physiology, beneficially modulate the gut microbiome, and are upcycled.
Our award-winning ingredient, BeniCaros, had been clinically demonstrated to train immune system by accelerating the innate protective response, increase resistance to respiratory infections and improve quality of life. BeniCaros is upcycled from carrot pomace, a by-product of carrot juice production. BeniCaros is a natural, plant-based, label friendly ingredient with broad applicability and can be easily incorporated into supplements, beverages and functional foods.
All of NutriLeads' proprietary ingredients undergo clinical trials to demonstrate their efficacy in improving human health and are taken through regulatory approval for market access before being licensed out to partner companies who will incorporate the ingredients in their finished (food) products.
We are a private company headquartered in Wageningen, a world-renowned centre for food research and development in the Netherlands, also known as the ‘Food Valley’. We have received non-dilutive funding from various regional, national and European grants and are backed by VCs.
Total raised: $7.68M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | DSM | dsm.com |
| - | SHIFT Inve... | shiftinves... |
| 10.06.2021 | PFR Ventur... | pfrventure... |
| - | Start Life | start-life... |
| - | DSM Ventur... | venturing.... |
| - | ScaleUpNat... | scaleupnat... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.09.2020 | Series B | $7.68M | - |
Mentions in press and media 20
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| 17.09.2026 | How Ingredion aims to capitalize on ‘reformulation boom’ with Tate & Lyle deal | Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Ingredion's $3.6 billion purchase of rival Tate & Lyle is set to create an innovation powerhouse as more food companies rush to reformula... |
| 12.02.2025 | A new class of protein: Applying precision fermentation to pet food | ATLANTA — As the pet food industry continues to battle an increasingly constricting protein supply chain and rising consumer concerns about sustainability, the industry is keeping its eyes peeled for alternatives to traditional protein sour... |
| 19.09.2024 | dsm-firmenich opens animal nutrition plant in Egypt | SADAT CITY, EGYPT — Ingredient supplier dsm-firmenich announced the opening of its new Animal Nutrition & Health premix and additives manufacturing plant in Egypt. According to the company, the facility reflects its commitment to meet i... |
| 18.12.2023 | NutriLeads Completes 4.5 Million Euro Series C Financing to Accelerate Commercialization of BeniCaros as a Global Precision Prebiotic Brand | - |
| 04.05.2022 | BeniCaros®, NutriLead’s Innovative Immune Ingredient, to be Showcased at this Year’s Vitafoods Europe Event May 10-12 in Geneva, Switzerland | WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (PRWEB) May 04, 2022 NutriLeads, a leading health ingredients company, will be attending Vitafoods Europe 2022 to present their revolutionary immune health ingredient, BeniCaros®. Vitafoods Europe, also known as the ... |
| 20.01.2022 | NutriLeads’ Clinical Trial Demonstrates that Daily Intake of BeniCaros Helps Support Protective Innate Immune Responses | René Lutter, PhD, Principal Investigator at the Amsterdam UMC commented: “The impact of cRG-I on the immune response observed in this study is the biggest I have ever seen with this model. It is clinically relevant because fast innate antiv... |
| 01.06.2021 | Nutrileads: How One Health Ingredients Innovator Navigated The Investor Landscape | Hitting the sweet spot between pharma and nutrition isn’t easy. How did the health ingredients innovator Nutrileads successfully navigate its way through the fundraising labyrinth? We’ll take you through the highs and lows of NutriLeads’ ... |
| 22.04.2021 | Icos Capital and StartLife Unite Forces In Building Agrifood Scale-ups | Icos Capital, a market-leading collaborative venture capital firm, has joined StartLife as investor partner. The partnership will see Icos Capital tap into StartLife’s sizable ecosystem while addressing the needs of agrifoodtech startups ... |
| 10.09.2020 | StartLife Selects 9 European Startups That Help Reshape The Food Industry | We have selected nine European startups for our Fall 2020 cohort. The startups are introducing new technologies that tackle global challenges such as diminishing food waste, boosting sustainable production and enhancing productivity. In t... |
| 08.09.2020 | NutriLeads attracts Series B funding to launch its innovative immune-enhancing ingredient, Xtramuneâ„¢, and to progress its portfolio of health ingredients | Dutch Health Ingredients company, NutriLeads, announces the closing of a Series B financing round of 6.5 m€, led by ICOS Capital together with Goeie-Grutten and existing shareholders DSM Venturing, Oost NL, SHIFT Invest and Thuja. Nutr... |
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