Nature protects
its food
So do we
How It Works
A Better
Kind
of Food.
Our products mimic botanical fruit with protective coatings of fibers, phytonutrients, and minerals surrounding a nutritive and delicious core.
Our patented library of fruit skin barriers allows us to create pearls or berries of food you already know, or can only imagine.
CONVENIENT HEALTHFULNESS.
We believe food should have the nutritional balance consumers want in a natural and practical way — that tastes great!
Capabilities.
IP & PATENT PORTFOLIO
We have a portfolio of patents around edible membranes.
This protected space was initially staked out prior to product commercialization.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
We create products integrating this patented technology.
We develop and test products using rapid iteration, e-commerce, and speed launch models.
MANUFACTURING
We have designed and commissioned two first-in-kind manufacturing lines in our state-of-the-art facility in Boston, MA.
We plan to build more.
Leadership team.
MARTY KOLEWE
CEO
Marty led R&D, before becoming the CTO and now Chief Executive of the company. Marty’s experience includes biotechnological plant systems and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Marty has a BS from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from UMass Amherst, both chemical engineering, and completed a postdoc in drug delivery at the Langer Lab at MIT.
STEFAN CATSICAS
Investor & Board Member
Stefan is the former Chief Technology Officer of Nestle S.A. and an Executive Board member. Prior to Nestle, Stefan was a department head at GlaxoSmithKline, and helped co-found several biotechnology companies and investment funds. Stefan served as Professor and Chairman of Cell Biology at the School of Medicine of Lausanne and Professor of Bioengineering and VP Research at the École Polytechnique Federale.
DAVID EDWARDS
Founder & Board Member
Founder of Incredible Foods and Professor of Engineering at Harvard, David co-founded AIR (Advanced Inhalation Research), which sold to Alkermes in 1999. He is the founder of Le Laboratoire, a cultural center in Paris and Cambridge, where artists and designers perform experiments at the frontiers of science.
