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Cerebelly Becomes the First Baby Food Brand to Receive a U.S. Patent for its Food Composition of 16 Key Nutrients to Support Optimal Infant Neurodevelopment
The patent is rooted in scientific research led by PhD developmental neurobiologist and Cerebelly founder, Dr. Teresa Purzner
Cerebelly is proud to announce that it has received a U.S. patent for food composition of 16 key nutrients to support optimal infant neurodevelopment.
This landmark achievement means Cerebelly is now the first baby food brand with a patented food composition designed for optimal nutrition.
The patent was issued based on scientific research led by Neurosurgeon, PhD developmental neurobiologist, and Cerebelly Co-Founder Dr. Teresa Purzner and underscores the company’s commitment to providing superior nutrition critical for healthy brain development. As the only children’s food brand that contains 16 essential nutrients and with 8x the nutrition to support a healthy brain compared to the 7-top selling baby food pouches on the market, Cerebelly is setting a new industry standard grounded in modern nutrition science.
“Our mission as a company is to make transformative changes to the way we nourish our kids. The standards we have in this country do not meet the needs that developmental neuroscience has made clear, and we will push and fight hard to change that,” says Dr. Purzner.
“Securing this patent is one step in that direction by once again setting new standards for our industry that are not just incrementally improved, but considerably higher than anything previously attempted. Our commitment to providing children with the optimal nutrition for cognitive development is rooted in science, and I’m proud that with this patent, we are able to give parents that extra assurance and trust that they are receiving the support they need to provide superior nutrition when their children need it most.”
Cerebelly’s first-of-its-kind food composition
Dr. Purzner and her team of scientists, doctors and nutritionists developed Cerebelly’s first-of-its-kind formulation based on decades of research demonstrating that various regions of the brain grow and peak at different times, each having their own nutrient needs to support seeing, hearing, memory, cause and effect, attention, social awareness and more.
The Cerebelly team carefully selected each ingredient to provide the crucial brain-supporting nutrients needed for early development, including Vitamin D, Iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin B₆, Vitamin B₁₂, Zinc, Copper, Niacin, Folate, Iodine, Selenium, Choline, Protein, DHA, Vitamin E, and Lutein.
Each Cerebelly pouch contains these 16 nutrients in organic vegetable-first formulas with no added sugar and undergo rigorous testing for heavy metals and harmful toxins.
The patent issuance is the latest in a series of industry trailblazing accomplishments since Cerebelly launched in 2019. Cerebelly was the first ever shelf-stable children’s food brand to receive The Clean Label Project Purity Award, which tests for over 400 contaminants including heavy metals, chemicals, plastics, pesticides, and more. Cerebelly’s use of a specialized packaging process called retort in its manufacturing process enables the brand to create baby food that’s shelf-stable for up to 18 months without the use of preservatives, all while providing a nutrient-dense, organic baby food puree.
What is a patent?
A U.S. patent is an exclusive form of intellectual property protection granted for an invention. To receive a patent, an invention must be a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
What is a food composition?
A food composition refers to the types and proportions of nutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals, that are present in a particular food or meal. It can also refer to the ingredients that make up a food or recipe, including both natural and artificial additives. The food composition of a food or meal can have a significant impact on its nutritional value and health effects.
A food composition patent is a type of patent that covers a new and non-obvious food composition or recipe.
To be eligible for a food composition patent, the composition must meet the same requirements as any other patentable invention. It must be novel, meaning that it must not be the same as any other previously known food composition. It must also be non-obvious, meaning that it must not be something that would be obvious to a person skilled in the field of food science or nutrition. In addition, it must be useful, meaning that it must have some practical application, such as providing nutritional benefits or improving the taste or texture of the food.
Cerebelly is the first and only children’s food brand on the market that combines up-to-date child nutrition and developmental neuroscience to offer products such as age-optimized pouches and smart bars with meaningful brain-supporting nutrients that science shows babies’ growing brains need.
Co-founded in 2019 by practicing neurosurgeon, PhD in developmental neurobiology from Stanford, and mom of three Dr. Teresa Purzner, MD, PhD understands the critical importance of early childhood brain development and developed Cerebelly based on decades of research that demonstrated that various regions of the brain grow and peak at different times – each having their own nutrient needs to support seeing, hearing, memory, cause and effect, attention and social awareness.
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