Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

MICHELLE OBAMA ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF PLEZi NUTRITION: A PUBLIC BENEFIT COMPANY WITH A PURPOSE TO HELP RAISE A HEALTHIER GENERATION OF KIDS

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival, former First Lady Michelle Obama delivered closing remarks on the state of children's health in the U.S. and urged the thousands of industry leaders in the room and streaming online to be part of the change that will bring this generation of kids into a healthier future. As part of her remarks, Mrs. Obama announced the launch of PLEZi Nutrition, a Public Benefit Company on a mission to create higher standards for how the U.S. makes and markets food and beverages for kids, leading with nutrition, taste, and truth. 

Key Points: 
  • The company is focused on lowering sugar content and lowering sweetness to help adjust kids' palates to crave less sweetness overall.
  • More than an effort to create better products, PLEZi Nutrition will also provide an educational platform for parents and kids.
  • PLEZi is intended to replace sugary drinks and snacks that do not support kids' health and to help promote healthier habits.
  • Going forward, PLEZi Nutrition will be investing 10% of profits right back into the broader movement to promote kids' health.

Albertsons Companies Expands Commitments to Fighting Hunger and Inspiring Healthy Eating

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220928005156/en/
    In support of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, Albertsons Companies announced that it will contribute new goals and initiatives designed to help break the cycle of hunger and empower nutrition and health.
  • Photo courtesy: Albertsons Companies
    At Albertsons Companies, our purpose is to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being.
  • Nourishing Neighbors, a program of Albertsons Companies Foundation, seeks to ensure at-risk youth, adults, seniors and families have access to the food they need to lead healthier and more enriching lives.
  • Albertsons Companies is a grocery hub for thousands of communities, providing access to food, medications and care.

Brightseed Closes $68M To Accelerate A.I.-Led Exploration of Nature for Health Solutions

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Brightseed, a biosciences company and creator of Forager®, a computational platform that illuminates the connections between nature and human health, today announced $68 million in Series B funding led by Temasek, with participation from existing and new investors. The new funding will enable Brightseed to advance natural compound discovery and clinical validation, and launch the company's first FDA-GRAS ingredient from a new commercialization center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Key Points: 
  • "Discovering and mapping natural bioactives to human health benefits was just the first step for Brightseed.
  • Now, we're launching clinically-studied ingredients and insights to illuminate the hidden potential in nature to restore human health."
  • "Brightseed is building the opportunity space for health innovation rooted in nature, and delivering a clear path forward for clinical validation.
  • that discovers and maps the bioactive compounds in nature and understands which of them have the greatest impact on human health.

Do Good Foods Launches Game-changing Infrastructure Platform That Combats Climate Change Through Upcycling Grocery Store Food Waste

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021
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Backed by a $169M investment from Nuveen, Do Good Foods is the first scalable solution to eliminating the 48 billion pounds of food waste generated by grocery stores each year.

Key Points: 
  • Backed by a $169M investment from Nuveen, Do Good Foods is the first scalable solution to eliminating the 48 billion pounds of food waste generated by grocery stores each year.
  • Do Good Foods will make an impact on this issue at a scale that we have not yet seen, said Kass, Do Good Foods Chief Strategy Officer and United Nations 12.3 food waste champion.
  • When we launch our mission driven consumer food brand, people can simply eat some delicious chicken and have significant impact on food waste and climate change.
  • The mission of Do Good Foods is to take a scaled infrastructure approach to eliminating grocery store food waste in the United States.