Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
For those new to our Deep Dives, iSelect is an early stage venture capital firm in St. Louis focused on early stage companies in food, agriculture and health. iSelect invests at the forefront of innovation, seeing emerging problems, solutions, and technologies in their infancy. We use these Deep Dive presentations not only as a way for us to better engage with and understand new science and technology, but also to engage with the experts and entrepreneurs who are driving change and innovation in their respective fields.
One theme that we have been researching is Nutrient Density in the Food System. Contrary to what we see on the surface, food can vary widely in its nutrient density. Variables including how a food product is bred, how and where it's produced, how it's transported, how it's processed and how it is prepared can all have a significant impact on how nutritious a given product actually is. Historically, it has been extremely challenging and expensive to measure nutrient density effectively, making much of this information inaccessible. However, that is changing — emerging tools and technologies are making it easier to measure and understand what is actually in our food and what drives better nutrition from our food system. In today’s Deep Dive, we explore the drivers of nutrient density, the emerging technologies to help measure it and the business models that may emerge with this data in hand.
For those new to our Deep Dives, iSelect is an early stage venture capital firm in St. Louis focused on early stage companies in food, agriculture and health. iSelect invests at the forefront of innovation, seeing emerging problems, solutions, and technologies in their infancy. We use these Deep Dive presentations not only as a way for us to better engage with and understand new science and technology, but also to engage with the experts and entrepreneurs who are driving change and innovation in their respective fields.
One theme that we have been researching is Nutrient Density in the Food System. Contrary to what we see on the surface, food can vary widely in its nutrient density. Variables including how a food product is bred, how and where it's produced, how it's transported, how it's processed and how it is prepared can all have a significant impact on how nutritious a given product actually is. Historically, it has been extremely challenging and expensive to measure nutrient density effectively, making much of this information inaccessible. However, that is changing — emerging tools and technologies are making it easier to measure and understand what is actually in our food and what drives better nutrition from our food system. In today’s Deep Dive, we explore the drivers of nutrient density, the emerging technologies to help measure it and the business models that may emerge with this data in hand.
