4th generation preventive nutrition platform

The invention

We changed the base. Everything follows.

Three generations of snack technology preceded this. First generation: direct expanded corn puffs. Second generation: half-products reconstituted from potato pellet. Third generation: co-extruded pellets, fortified post-process. All three share the same structural logic: the base is inert, and nutrition is applied from the outside. That was the accepted model for 60 years. Nobody changed it. VILUMA food did.

4th generation preventive nutrition is a different operating principle entirely. Instead of fortifying an inert carrier, it retains the native bioactive compounds already present in the base — intact polyphenols, native prebiotic fibre, and cellular protein architecture — through a process specifically configured to preserve them. Organic whole pulse carries 25–35% protein and 15–25% fibre natively. Our Hebenstreit single-screw extrusion preserves that integrity inside the product structure. The nutrition is not added. It is not claimed. It is structurally inside — and provable by batch record.

This aligns with the P4 model of medicine: Predictive, Preventive, Personalized, and Participatory. Snacks designed not to carry a label, but to address specific health biomarkers through what they are made of. The B2B supply engine exists to make this standard available to the wider food industry. Bruno™ and Black Badger™ prove it works at consumer scale.

"4th generation is not a marketing claim. It is a technical position: nutrition retained through the process, not applied after it. That distinction is the invention."

Problem 01

The base that never changed — 60 years of inert nutrition

Corn flour and potato pellet carry no protein, no fibre, no prebiotic activity. Any nutritional value on a product built from this base was applied from the outside. That is the architecture the global snack, baby food, and functional nutrition industry chose — and has defended, at enormous scale, for six decades. Nobody changed it. VILUMA food did.

Problem 02

The health halo — claim without proof, industrialised

A single positive attribute on a label — 'organic', 'high protein', 'plant-powered' — causes consumers to overestimate the overall nutritional value of a product. This is not a side effect of food marketing. It is the business model. VILUMA food operates differently: the nutrition is in the base. The process is the proof. The batch record is the claim.

Problem 03

The gut health gap — created by the food industry, filled by pharma

The snack industry was not designed to harm gut health. It was designed with no gut health consideration at all. The consumer became dependent on the taste. The gut became dependent on supplements, probiotic drinks, and pharmacy products to receive what food never delivered. The snack industry created the gap. The supplement industry monetised it. VILUMA food closes it at the source — through the food itself, by design.

Problem 04

No preventive nutrition platform existed — so we built one

There was no company operating GFSI-certified organic whole pulse extrusion at commercial scale, with own supply chain, own consumer brands, and a B2B engine supplying the same standard to the wider food industry. Baby nutrition, sports snacks, clinical food, and bulk ingredients — all from one platform, one process, one standard. That platform is VILUMA food. And it did not exist before us.

Problem 05

Responsibility sits with the producer — not the label

In the current food system, the producer decides what goes into the base, what process it passes through, and what accountability exists for the claim on the pack. The consumer has no way to verify any of it. VILUMA food takes that responsibility back. Own supply chain. Own process. Own batch record. Every claim made on a VILUMA food product — or on any ingredient supplied by VILUMA food — is verifiable by process documentation, not by trust in a label. That is a different operating model. It is also the only one that holds in a world moving toward full supply chain transparency.

The platform

Invented here. Proven in market.

VILUMA food is the EU's first GFSI-certified organic whole pulse B2B ingredient platform — validated by its own R&D Academy, scaling into pharmacy and clinical nutrition channels with owned brands as proof of concept. The B2B supply engine is the primary commercial thesis: GFSI-certified organic whole pulse ingredients — extruded base, processed fractions, bulk raw — supplied to European food manufacturers, clinical nutrition producers, and pharmacy channels at a standard the ingredient supply industry has never offered before.

The consumer brands Bruno™ and Black Badger™ are not the exit thesis. They are the evidence. They demonstrate that the GFSI-certified platform performs under real consumer conditions, at commercial scale, in the most regulated food formats that exist. The brands make the B2B story credible. The B2B engine makes the platform fundable and acquirable — by a DSM, Döhler, or Givaudan-type strategic player when the time is right.

Hebenstreit Single-Screw Extrusion

The conventional food industry never configured single-screw extrusion for organic whole pulse at GFSI standard. We did. Screw geometry, pressure profile, and process parameters precisely calibrated to preserve the intact cellular matrix — 25–35% protein, 15–25% fibre — inside the product structure. 12–18 months of equipment lead time to replicate. That gap is the moat.

The invention

GFSI-Certified Process

FSSC 22000 (Q1 2027). Baby-grade EC 852/2004. EU organic. Halal/kosher. Full batch records and audit trail. The snack and baby food industries have never operated at GFSI standard. No organic whole pulse ingredient supplier has applied it at this scale. VILUMA food sits at the intersection — alone.

The standard

Baltic Organic Supply Chain

50,000+ tonnes of EU-certified organic whole pulse within 200 km of Ede. Farm-contracted, blockchain-traceable from field lot to GFSI-certified batch record. Nitrogen-fixing. Biodiversity-positive. This is not a sourcing arrangement — it is a structural asset that no one else has secured for this purpose.

The foundation

The platform in market

The B2B engine is the business. The brands are the proof.

VILUMA food's primary commercial thesis is B2B: supplying GFSI-certified organic whole pulse ingredients — extruded base, processed fractions, and bulk raw — to European food manufacturers, clinical nutrition producers, and pharmacy channels at a standard the ingredient supply industry has never offered before. Bruno™ and Black Badger™ are not the exit. They are the evidence. They demonstrate that the GFSI-certified platform performs under real consumer conditions, that the formulations hold at commercial scale, and that the invention creates products people actually buy. The brands make the B2B story credible. The B2B engine makes the platform fundable.

Proof of concept — Baby Preventive Nutrition

Bruno™

GFSI-certified platform validated at the highest accountability standard in food.

If the platform can produce organic whole pulse baby cereal to GFSI standard (FSSC 22000) and EC 852/2004 baby-grade — with full batch records, no heat-destruction, no synthetic re-fortification, and intact cellular matrix confirmed — then it can produce anything to any standard a B2B buyer requires. Bruno™ is that proof. Sold through pharmacy and premium grocery in the EU. Every unit sold is documented evidence that the process works at commercial scale, in the most regulated food format that exists.

Pharmacy baby channel

Premium grocery

€35–55/kg EXW

38–52% GM

Proof of concept — Family & Sports Preventive Nutrition

Black Badger™

Consumer market proof that the base change works.

If the platform can produce an organic whole pulse snack that competes on shelf against conventional extruded snacks — same format, same convenience, real nutritional function — then it proves the invention works at consumer scale outside clinical channels. Black Badger™ is that proof. Pea and bean base, GFSI-certified production, ≤5 ingredients, EU organic. A snack that refuses the corn brief and wins on taste. Every SKU that performs in health and sports retail validates the B2B claim: that manufacturers can switch the base without losing the consumer.

Extruded snack puffs

Bars & bites

Health & sports retail

EU organic · GFSI

Tier 1 — Clinical & GLP-1 companion nutrition

VILUMA Nutrisnacks

GLP-1 companion and hospital nutrition. GFSI-certified · full batch documentation. Every batch traceable from Baltic organic source. Pharmacy, clinical dietitian, and hospital channels. The clinical tier of the platform — the same process standard applied to the highest-accountability nutrition format.

Tier 1B — B2B extruded base

Whole Pulse Pre-Dust

GFSI-certified organic whole pulse extruded base — supplied to food manufacturers, supplement brands, and clinical nutrition producers who want to build on the standard VILUMA food created. Custom format, custom specification, full batch documentation. The industrial engine behind the platform.

Tier 0 — Bulk raw ingredients

Whole Organic Pea & Bean

EU certified organic whole pea and whole bean. Single-variety, farm-contracted, blockchain-traced from Baltic field. 25 kg bags and 500 kg big bags. Available year-round. The supply chain foundation that backs every tier above it.

25 kg bags500 kg big bagsEU Organic · Blockchain-traced

Tier 0B — Processed fractions

PEBE™ · PE™ · BE™

PEBE™ organic pea and bean fibre fractions — intact cellular architecture, prebiotic system preserved. PE™ organic pea flour. BE™ organic bean flour. Single-variety, GFSI-certified process, EU organic. Supplied to functional food, clinical nutrition, bakery, and sports nutrition manufacturers globally.

GFSI certifiedEU OrganicCustom spec

Tier 0C — Flours

PE™ Pea Flour · BE™ Bean Flour

Single-variety whole pulse flours milled to specification. Clean-label, allergen-declared, EU organic certified. Bakery, snack, infant cereal, and functional food formulation. Custom particle size and protein fraction on request.

PE™ PeaBE™ BeanCustom spec

The invention standard

Four coordinates. None negotiable.

VILUMA food invented a category. These four coordinates are why that was possible — and why it cannot be easily replicated. They apply whether we are producing Bruno™ baby cereal for a pharmacy shelf, Black Badger™ snacks for a sports retailer, clinical nutrition for a GLP-1 programme, or extruded pre-dust for a global food manufacturer. The standard does not flex. That is the invention.

Coordinate 01

Organic whole pulse intact matrix

Not corn. Not potato. Not pea isolate. The cellular architecture that carries its own prebiotic fibre system — preserved through single-screw extrusion configured specifically for this purpose. This is the base.

Coordinate 02

GFSI-certified process

Hebenstreit single-screw extrusion + precision vacuum infusion + FSSC 22000 + baby-grade EC 852/2004 + batch records. The same standard applied across baby food, sports snacks, and B2B ingredient supply.

Coordinate 03

Everyday consumer format

Not a supplement. Not a capsule. Not a clinical drink. Bruno™, Black Badger™, GLP-1 companion nutrisnacks. The format the consumer already buys — built to a standard they have never been offered.

Coordinate 04

Full accountability

Baltic farm to Ede GFSI-certified batch record. No shared infrastructure. No diffused responsibility. No halo marketing. Every claim verifiable by process documentation.

VILUMΛ food — Reason for being

IKIGAI

What VILUMA food loves

The conviction

The organic whole pulse. The intact cellular matrix ignored for 60 years because it was harder to work with than corn. The conviction that food can be held to the same standard as medicine. The Baltic field. The batch record that proves what the label claims.

The correct sense of things.

What VILUMA food is good at

The process moat

Stepping outside the monopolised supply chain entirely. Specifically configured Hebenstreit single-screw extrusion preserving intact matrices no conventional producer preserves at this standard. Building win-win partnerships. Seeing around the corner.

The correct technology and approach base.

What the world needs

The market mandate

Prevention in the everyday nutrition. Not reactive medicine. Not supplements. Not halo marketing on a hollow base. 589 million people with diabetes. 41 million NCD deaths per year. GLP-1 users who need every calorie to carry clinical nutrition.

Better gut health. Better future.

What VILUMA food can be paid for

The category we created

4th generation preventive nutrition in the everyday formats people already buy — snacks, baby food, sports nutrition, clinical formats. Own brands Bruno™ and Black Badger™ at the front. B2B ingredient supply — bulk pulse, PEBE™ fractions, extruded pre-dust, GFSI-certified formats — as the industrial engine. One platform. Consumer-first. Backed by global supply scale.

The reason for being.

IKIGAI — the intersection

The EU's first GFSI-certified organic whole pulse extrusion platform — expressed as consumer brands Bruno™ and Black Badger™, backed by global B2B ingredient supply — built to make preventive nutrition the everyday standard rather than the exception, from Baltic farm to pharmacy shelf, with full accountability taken by process.

That is the reason for being.

VILUMΛ food — Platform identity statement

Innovative 4th Generation organic whole pulse preventive nutrition platform. We invented this category.

Change of the base — away from corn flour and potato pellets — is the invention that sets VILUMA food apart from every conventional food producer in the world.

Bruno™ and Black Badger™ are the invention in the market. The B2B engine is what makes it unstoppable.

Taking responsibility is the other moat. Own supply chain. Own process. Own standard. No shared infrastructure. No diffused accountability.

Baltic farm to Ede GFSI-certified batch record. Blockchain-traced. Process-documented. That is fundamental.

Own R&D extrusion-based academy — the Innovation Compass. We stay ahead of everything we invented.

No halo marketing. The nutrition is in the base. The process is the proof. The batch record is the claim.

New base. New category. New rules. New standards.

Better gut health. Better future. Less pharmaceutical industry domination.

Series A — Open for investment

Raising €6M
to scale the platform.

We invented the category. Now we scale it. The €6M Series A funds the European rollout of Bruno™ and Black Badger™, expands GFSI-certified production capacity for the platform, and builds the B2B ingredient engine that gives the invention global reach and industrial permanence.

Raise

€6^M

Total Series A round

Equity offered

18^%

Stake for Series A investors

Pre-money valuation

€33^M

Pre-money · post-money €39M

Round type

Series A

Target close

15 May 2026

Instrument

Equity

Domicile

Netherlands

Use of proceeds

45%

R&D academy & commercial site

Innovation Compass R&D academy and full commercial site setup. FSSC 22000 certification (Q1 2027). Clinical nutrition formulation. The physical and operational foundation that makes every other line of the platform credible and scalable.

25%

Brand rollout & market

Bruno™ pharmacy and premium grocery launch across EU. Black Badger™ health, sports, and family retail. Consumer proof that the invention sells — at scale, in the right channels.

20%

Production capacity

Second GFSI-certified extrusion line — 12–18 month lead time, configured for whole pulse. Enables the brand volumes and B2B ingredient supply the platform requires at commercial scale.

10%

Supply chain & B2B engine

Baltic farm contracting. Blockchain traceability at volume. B2B ingredient sales to global food manufacturers, clinical nutrition producers, and private label partners who want to build on the standard we created.

We invented
4th generation
preventive nutrition.

We changed the base. Everything follows.

Invented here. Proven in market.

The B2B engine is the business. The brands are the proof.

Four coordinates. None negotiable.

Prevention built into the food people already eat.

IKIGAI

Raising €6M
to scale the platform.

The invention is built. Let's bring it to market together.

We invented4th generationpreventive nutrition.

We changed the base. Everything follows.

Invented here. Proven in market.

The B2B engine is the business. The brands are the proof.

Four coordinates. None negotiable.

Prevention built into the food people already eat.

IKIGAI

Raising €6Mto scale the platform.

The invention is built. Let's bring it to market together.

We invented
4th generation
preventive nutrition.

Raising €6M
to scale the platform.