AI POWERED SUSTAINABLE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

We envisage a future of sustainable, delicious, healthy and affordable food. AKA’s AI-enabled NPD technology and services are empowering food companies to rapidly design and prototype innovative sustainable food products.

REIMAGINE YOUR PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

Using commercially available ingredients, we transform bestselling products into alternative versions, reducing costs through ingredient and process optimization to meet clean label standards for health-conscious consumers.
Veganize your best-sellers
Support food companies to transition your bestselling products into plant-based options, capturing a larger share of the fast-growing plant-based market.
Clean
Label
Reformulate products to improve their nutritional values, adhereing to clean label standards, appealing to health-conscious consumers.
Cost Optimization
Ingredient and recipe reformulation to lower costs, enhance efficiency and boost overall profitability.

data curation at scale

Millions of data points
AKA’s dynamic and secure expert AI algorithms are trained with millions of data points in our food labs and utilize proprietary food syntax and data structures.

Overcoming the
food Industry’s Biggest Challenges

As an industry focused on health and sustainability, we face numerous challenges that erode consumer trust and satisfaction.

Foods with lower nutritional value and less preferred ingredients lead to skepticism about health benefits.

High price points limit accessibility, and many ingredients aren’t scalable, hindering large-scale production. Lengthy and expensive development cycles slow down innovation, resulting in gaps in taste, texture, and nutritional performance.
Optimal Nutrition
Unlocked
Elevated
Plant-Based
Texture
Next Level Taste
Unleashed
Cost
Optimisation

Ai-enabled
Npd technology And services

NPD technologists prepare food prototypes, which are assessed sensorially against the gold standard
The algorithmic process commences with the integration of sensory and analytical data of food prototypes
AKA’s algorithm is used to map the data into a high-dimensional embedding space, effectively creating a detailed sensory profile for each prototype
Every aspect of a food prototype — taste, texture, cost, and nutritional value — is represented in the embedding space
The model generates new food prototypes that converge on the taste and texture targets, optimized for cost and nutrition

AI rapid prototyping with human & sensory
in-the-loop

AKA’s virtual food prototyping platform understands and incorporates specific targets and constraints in each development cycle, significantly reducing the number of trials. The platform anticipates consumer response to formulation changes to improve the likelihood of success.
Client specific AI models and recipe generation
Pre-trained AI algorithms
using formulations, analytical, and sensory data generated in AKA's laboratories
Collaborative and secure project management
Securely curates client NPD knowledge
Facilitates efficient deployment of in-house expertise
Fully managed sensory experiments
Dynamic Predictive Model
utilizing cutting-edge sensory evaluation techniques
Unique food language for formula & process
Agile curation
of ingredients, processes, and
products to simplify the formulation process
Human expert in-the-loop
Human sensory feedback
seamlessly and objectively informs the optimization and predictive algorithms.

CPG ENGAGEMENT

A global food CPG’s plant-based cheese development plateaued after 12 months of conventional NPD. AKA’s STIR algorithm outperformed customer prototypes in preference and similarity, revitalizing NPD efforts and significantly accelerating product launch.
STIR Generated Recipe
Recipe optimization target (vs. Customer Prototypes)
Results
GEN 1
Higher preference
Outperformed
GEN 2
Higher taste-similarity
Outperformed
GEN 3
Optimize both preference & similarity
Outperformed

THE DREAM TEAM FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION

We have assembled a multi-disciplinary team of vegan entrepreneurs, data scientists, and food technologists from all walks of life to create the ultimate in data-driven plant-based food development. We’re using our expertise and passion for extraordinary plant-based foods combined with next-generation technology to accelerate plant-based innovation.
JOIN OUR TEAMJOIN OUR TEAM
Be a part of our mission to accelerate sustainable food development.
Delicious,
Nutritious,
Affordable,

ABOUT US

At AKA, we envision a future where sustainable food is delicious, nutritious, and affordable for everyone. Powered by our advanced Food AI platform, which utilizes a proprietary food syntax linking ingredients, processes, and sensory evaluation, we streamline the entire food development process.

Under one roof, AKA brings together a diverse, multidisciplinary team of vegan entrepreneurs, data scientists, and experienced food technologists. Our state-of-the-art Food Innovation & Sensory Hub integrates modern labs for food prototyping, data collection, and sensory evaluation.

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