What We Do
Clever upcycles superfruit to develop fermented biotic health ingredients. Our customers are pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and functional food brands. Our mission is to enhance humanity’s health by increasing the natural potency of fruit through fermentation.
Our proprietary fermentation technologies improve the bioavailability (absorption) of fruit’s goodness. Our fermentation transforms the food compounds in fruit creating phenolic metabolites. Our bodies produce these phenolics from the fruit’s antioxidants. When we state antioxidants, we include antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory compounds.
Phenolic metabolites are key to our body’s protection from inflammation. They improve gut, cell, and brain health. Our fermentation technologies mimic the same functions as the body’s digestion. We aim to create a similar array of phenolics as occurs during digestion.
For decades, the health benefits of fruit have been widely and thoroughly researched. Regular intake is associated with health benefits including:
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- A slower rate of cognitive decline and reduced risk of neurodegenerative disorders.
- There has been a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
- Their antioxidant functions make them a natural defense against many types of cancer.
- Their anti-inflammatory capabilities aid with digestion and contribute to better weight management.
- Fruit’s goodness is known to protect and beautify the skin.
The problem with fruit goodness, whose scientific name is polyphenol, is bioavailability. Research shows very little of the goodness becomes available for the body to use. One macro study suggests it is less than 0.03%.
Our first product, Bluotic™, launched in 2022, is based on the Wild Blueberry, the World’s #1 Superfruit. Our research target for Bluotic is age-related cognitive decline. One of our research partners is working to show its potential for obesity and weight loss.
Regulators worldwide recognize the historical health benefits of each superfruit. This led us to ask a key question: If a small amount of bioavailability generates recognized health benefits, what if we could 5x the potency?
Clever aims to master the superfruit market. Fruit fermentation for phenolic metabolite creation is very challenging. The plant grows its polyphenol for the plant’s benefit to protect it. It needs meticulous extraction and each fruit is different.
We seek to align the phenolic metabolites of a single fruit to a combination of 2-3 superfruit with a need state. We target the world’s top 10 health pandemics.
Our vision is 10 Superfruit – 10 Nutraceuticals.
Synthetic biology holds the key to microbe selection. The ideal superfruit combined with the ideal fermentation microbe. This combination can generate nutraceuticals with attractive dose economics. And powerful health implications.
Bioprocessing is the ideal use for fruit waste. Up to 25% of fruit is waste, often called farm loss, fruit that never leaves the farm. Or the primary processing facility. We can rescue this fruit. And, there is often more goodness in ugly fruit than perfect ripe fruit.
The implications are significant. There is enough for all that have need. Greenhouse gas saving from recovered farm loss. The recovery of the fruit’s goodness will aid humanity’s biggest health challenges. Each body needs nutrition, we understand this truth. And each body needs enough phenolic metabolites to protect itself. Resolving these deficiencies matters as much as every vitamin.