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Our vision To make the food we love healthier for people and the planet

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IIFH x AG1 Partnership
IIFH and AG1 announce collaboration to advance precision nutrition to improve metabolic health
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Helmsley funds PhenoTap to advance technology
Continuous ketone sensing helps prevent diabetic ketoacidosis in people with type 1 diabetes
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$2M Grant Advances AI-Designed Foods at UC Davis
$2M Bezos Earth Fund grant supports UC Davis and partners in developing AI tools to redesign foods for better nutrition, flavor, affordability, and sustainability.
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Who we are

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Home to world’s leading food researchers
Catalyst for academic-industry innovation
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Creating food that is good for people & the planet
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We collaborate with food industry leaders to find healthier ways to make delicious food.
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What we do

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Breakthrough Research

Using new technologies to innovate healthier foods and ingredients.
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Developing future innovators in food and health.
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Uncommon Connections

Bringing together the ecosystem to enable innovation in food for health.
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Enabling new products and companies that give consumers better health while eating the foods they love.

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