Step Change Innovations is a boutique Solon innovation partner built around a team with experience in ingredient science, clinical work, and retail. The company helps ingredient businesses and wellness brands turn science-backed ideas into products for the market, drawing on a track record of more than 3,000 wellness SKUs launched worldwide.
Vibrant IngredientsVibrant Ingredients traces its roots to a 1954 clean-label ingredient operation in Eustis, Florida, and now unites that history with the scale of the world’s largest private-equity-owned natural ingredients company. The company helps food and beverage manufacturers develop natural ingredients and custom solutions, working alongside them from concept through commercialization. Its 2026 Innovation Center in Cranbury, New Jersey gives customers a hands-on setting for turning early ideas into market-ready products.MELVILLE, NY
Allstar InnovationsFor more than 20 years, Allstar Innovations has been the behind-the-scenes partner turning inventors’ ideas into products that reach consumers. The company works with founders and established brands, using a rigorous process to develop, test, and grow products through retail and online channels.HAWTHORNE, NY
IngredionIngredion develops and supplies ingredient products and formulation expertise to food and beverage manufacturers and to customers in pharmaceutical, paper, beauty and industrial applications. Its portfolio includes starches, plant-based proteins and sweeteners, and the company also supports product development through its Idea Labs innovation centers and pilot plants.WHITE MARSH, MD
BiotexiaBiotexia is the new name bringing together Fytexia, ABbiotek Health and Anzchem, including Anzchem’s more than two decades of service to Australian and New Zealand manufacturers since its establishment in 2002. The company develops science-backed natural ingredients for businesses creating dietary supplements, with clinical research and technical expertise shaping its work.New York, NY