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NutriLeads Secures Funding To Accelerate Roll-Out Of Immunity Prebiotic

 
• By Tom Gallen

Netherlands-based NutriLeads will look to introduce its prebiotic BeniCaros to additional markets after securing funding from long-term investor DSM-Firmenich Venturing.

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Dutch functional ingredients development firm NutriLeads has raised €4.5m ($4.9m) to accelerate the commercialization of BeniCaros, a soluble prebiotic carrot fiber which the firm claims trains the immune system to be faster, smarter and stronger.

The Series C investment round was led by existing investor DSM-Firmenich Venturing, which has financially backed NutriLeads since 2015.

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