Innovation-as-a-Service

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Accelerate Your Food Innovation Journey 

Cibus Nexum's Innovation-as-a-Service, powered by Proxy Foods, helps you break through the limits of traditional food and beverage product development. With this partnership, brands of any size can access AI-driven R&D, food science experts, and a global network of manufacturing partners. We're here to help you start a new chapter of smarter, faster, and more reliable food innovation. 

Why Choose Innovation-as-a-Service? 

10x Faster Time-to-Market 

You can move from concept to a pilot-ready prototype in just hours or days, not months. Traditional development might take a year or more, but our AI-powered platform speeds things up so you can react quickly to market trends and your customers' preferences. 

80% Fewer Iterations 

Proxy Foods' Agentic AI Framework handles the repetitive work in recipe formulation and process simulation. This helps you reach your goals with fewer trials. Instead of the usual 20 iterations, our clients often succeed in just 4 to 6. 

Up to 20% Cost Savings 

Protect your margins with cost-optimised formulations. Proxy Foods' AI agents suggest ingredient swaps, process improvements, and ways to boost yield, helping you save money without sacrificing flavour, texture, or nutrition. 

De-risk Scale-Up 

Avoid costly surprises when moving from lab to factory. Proxy Foods' digital simulation covers more than 400 industrial processes, so you can spot bottlenecks like soaking, boiling, or mixing times before starting a physical trial. 

Global Compliance, Automated 

You can launch with confidence in over 15 countries and 13 regions. Proxy Foods' Regulatory Compliance AI checks your recipes against international standards instantly, saving you weeks of manual work and making sure your product is ready for the market from day one. 

Enterprise-Grade Security 

Your intellectual property is what makes you unique. Cibus Nexum and Proxy Foods use ISO 27001 and GDPR-compliant systems to ensure you keep full IP ownership, data isolation, and have options for single-tenant or on-premise deployment. 

What Makes Us Different? 

Proxy Foods: The World's First Agentic AI for Food R&D 

Proxy Foods is transforming food innovation with the world's first agentic AI platform built for the food and beverage industry. This technology supports R&D teams by managing formulation, compliance, and market analysis, using a database of over 1 million formulations and 5 million product records. The AI relies on the latest scientific research for shelf-life, nutrition, and functional claims, so your products are always based on current science. It also simulates how ingredients and processes will work with your equipment, predicts results, and reduces costly trial and error in the lab. Your recipes are instantly checked against global regulations, saving weeks of manual work. The platform also provides real-time market analysis and competitive insights, helping you stay ahead of trends and competitors. By automating up to 80% of repetitive R&D tasks, Proxy Foods lets your team focus on breakthrough ideas, knowing the technical and regulatory details are handled. 

Cibus Nexum: The Bridge from Idea to Industrial Success 

Cibus Nexum brings together digital R&D and practical execution. Our FoodFlow Method helps reduce risk at every step. In the design phase, we turn your idea into a detailed brief and a pilot-ready prototype with AI-powered rapid prototyping. In the find phase, we help you select the best partners, manufacturers, and ingredient suppliers from our global network. During onboarding, we manage tech transfer, supplier onboarding, and commercial setup. When it's time to launch, we coordinate commercial launches with clear cost breakdowns and solid supply chain planning. 

• Design: Expand your idea into a detailed brief and pilot-ready prototype with AI-enhanced rapid prototyping. 

• Find: Identify best-fit partners, manufacturers, and ingredient suppliers from our global network. 

• Onboard: Seamlessly manage tech transfer, supplier onboarding, and commercial alignment. 

• Launch: Coordinate synchronised, cross-functional commercial launches with radical cost transparency and robust supply chain planning. 

We work independently to protect your brand's anonymity and intellectual property at every stage. For sensitive projects, we use "Incognito Mode" and secure "Black Box" supply chain models. 

How It Works 

Our process helps you turn your idea into a market-ready product quickly and safely. We begin with rapid prototyping, where our advanced AI agents turn your vision into detailed briefs and pilot-ready recipes, cutting down traditional development times. Next, we reduce risk by digitally simulating every industrial process step, from mixing and heating to extrusion and more. This helps you spot challenges before entering the factory, saving time and resources. 

Compliance is part of our workflow. Our system checks your formulations against global regulations and gives you source-linked answers on ingredients, labelling, and claims in seconds, so you're always ready for the market. We also help you cut costs and waste, as our AI finds ways to swap ingredients, improve processes, and fix the causes of instability to reduce rework and waste. Finally, we support sustainability by turning by-products and side streams into valuable new ingredients, helping your business stay profitable, sustainable, and compliant. 

Who Should Partner? 

Cibus Nexum's Innovation-as-a-Service is designed for food companies at any stage. Startups can launch quickly and affordably, without high upfront costs, because our approach speeds up market entry. Established brands get digital R&D and manufacturing support to reformulate or scale new products with less risk and more speed. Challenger brands gain an edge with data-driven R&D and execution, using our AI and manufacturing solutions to stay ahead of competitors and meet changing consumer needs. Innovation teams benefit from our FoodFlow Method and secure, independent execution, making the move from pilot to industrial scale smoother and more successful. 

Real-World Results 

Our clients have seen real results, including faster launches, significant cost savings, and better process efficiency. Many have cut time-to-market by up to 10 times, bringing products to market in just 6 to 9 months instead of the usual 12 to 24. Clients have also achieved global regulatory compliance from the first iteration, enabling international expansion, and have turned side streams into new revenue sources, supporting both sustainability and circularity. 

Leadership and Expertise 

Cibus Nexum brings over 75 years of combined experience, a strong network of trusted production partners, and a proven record of turning ideas into profitable products worldwide. 

We pride ourselves on radical transparency, breaking down costs into raw materials, conversion, waste, and margin, empowering you to manage market volatility and protect your business case. 

FAQs 

Is my recipe and data safe?

Yes. You keep full ownership of all your recipes and data. We never share your information or use it to train models for anyone else. 

How fast can I see a prototype?

You can see a prototype in as little as 24 hours. Our AI-driven approach shortens timelines from months to days. 

Can you help with regulatory approvals in multiple regions?

Yes. Proxy Foods' AI platform supports automated compliance checks across 15+ countries and 13 global regions. 

What if I need to scale production quickly?

Cibus Nexum's asset-light model uses a global network of co-manufacturers, so you can double production or change recipes without expensive delays or capital expenses. 

Ready to Innovate?

Let's turn your next big idea into a commercial success: faster, smarter, and with less risk. Contact Cibus Nexum today to see how Innovation-as-a-Service, powered by Proxy Foods, can help your brand reach its full potential and stand out in the market.