Food manufacturers need lower-cost, lower-impact sweetening systems that reduce sugar while retaining fibre and processing functionality.
R&D Focus
Upcycled fibre-based sugar reduction.
Innovative Solution
Develops Sweet Fiber from agricultural side streams as a functional ingredient intended to reduce sugar and improve fibre content.
Solution Effectiveness
Public programme participation and grants support technical development, but no independently verified commercial-scale sugar-reduction result was found.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Grant
Total Funding Amount
317.82K
Last Funding Date
07-05-2023
Startup Stage
Seed
Lead Investors
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Innovacorp, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, John Risley
Revenue
Less than $1M
People
Founders
Dr. Edgar Sosa
About
ZeroIN is a food-tech company developing breakthrough sugar reduction technologies. Sweet Fiber is the most scalable and cost-efficient, sugar substitute consumers want.
Products
Product
Sweet Fiber – an upcycled fibre ingredient for sugar reduction and texture support.
Star Product
Core sugar-reduction platform – no separate star product was reliably identified.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Development/pilot-stage ingredient company; current commercial status requires confirmation.
Future Plan
Investment Funding
Received public innovation support and grants; no current public future fundraising plan found.
Awards and Recognitions
Awards
MassChallenge Sustainable Food Solutions Challenge (2023) – selected/recognised through the programme.
Participations
Supported through Innovacorp, Bioenterprise and Canadian innovation programmes.
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