Edible Chemistry Consulting

What Edible Chemistry Consulting does

Edible Chemistry Consulting is a privately held, Jacksonville, Florida-based B2B consulting firm founded in 2019 by Jaime Underwood that provides scientific product development and commercialization services to the food, beverage, dairy, hemp/cannabis, and dietary supplement industries. The firm positions itself as a science-led alternative to status-quo developers, tackling difficult ingredient and formulation problems and designing products that scale to intended manufacturing equipment rather than only benchtop. Service scope spans ideation, rapid prototyping (up to three rounds), regulatory and quality compliance, supply chain support, on-site scaling, equipment training, SOP development, and post-launch customer support, with all intellectual property assigned to the client.

The company is structured around four customer segments-Entrepreneurs, Ingredient Providers, Brands, and Manufacturers-and a 6-person team combining a CIO (Jeff Underwood), product development and commercialization scientists (Jenny Duong, Trinidad Reyes), and a business development team (Misha Yerlick, Lo Noroña). Commercial motion is enterprise field sales with a free consultation as the primary lead generation mechanism, supported by website content marketing, LinkedIn presence, and direct email/phone outreach. Pricing is engagement-based and not publicly disclosed.

Revenue mechanics are pure professional services with no disclosed pricing tiers, retainer or subscription components, no funding history, and no parent or external investor ownership; the company is founder-owned and bootstrapped. Strategic positioning is reinforced by WBENC Woman Owned Business certification, enabling access to corporate and government buyers with supplier diversity mandates. Recognized customer relationships span cannabis (Goddess Growers, Fine Fettle), beverage/dairy (Real Dari/MOO'V), and innovation startups (Ascentix Innovation Labs).

Name

Edible Chemistry Consulting

Legal name

Edible Chemistry Consulting

Website

https://edible-chemistry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Edible Chemistry Consulting is a privately held, Jacksonville, Florida-based B2B consulting firm, founded in 2019, providing scientific product development and commercialization services for food, beverage, dairy, hemp/cannabis, and dietary supplement brands, ingredient providers, and manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for product development and commercialization across food, beverage, dairy, hemp/cannabis, protein, alcohol/non-alcohol, functional foods, sport nutrition, gummies, bars, confections, and traditional CPG categories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Edible Chemistry Consulting is a B2B professional services firm providing science-focused product development and commercialization consulting for the food, beverage, dairy, hemp/cannabis, dietary supplement, and traditional CPG industries. Core engagements cover ideation, formula development, prototyping (up to 3 rounds), regulatory and quality compliance, scale-up, on-site technical support, and ongoing customer product support, with all IP owned by the client.

Product overview

Edible Chemistry Consulting is a science-focused consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of product development and commercialization services for the food, beverage, and dietary supplement industries. The core offerings include Product Development Services (with up to 3 rounds of prototyping and IP transfer to clients) and Commercialization Services (covering project initiation through ongoing support). These services are delivered to distinct customer segments: Entrepreneurs (with flexible agreements and rapid prototyping), Ingredient Providers, Brands (full-service development and reformulation), and Manufacturers (equipment and SOP support). The company specializes in market categories including Dairy, Hemp/Cannabis, Protein, Alcohol/Non-Alcohol, Functional Foods, and Sport Nutrition across product types such as Beverages, Gummies, Bars, Confections, and traditional CPG.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Product Development Services Science-focused product development services for food, beverage, dairy, supplement, and confectionery clients. Includes up to 3 rounds of prototyping, full IP transfer to the client, and products designed to scale to the client's intended manufacturing equipment rather than only succeeding at bench scale.
• Commercialization Services End-to-end product commercialization services spanning project initiation, concept development, prototyping, documentation, on-site scaling, technical services, application development, supply chain support, and ongoing customer product support for food, beverage, and supplement clients.
• Entrepreneur Support Services Flexible consulting services for entrepreneur-stage clients that includes rapid prototyping, ideation and strategic support, and flexible agreements tailored to startup workflows, supporting clients from concept through execution.
• Ingredient Provider Services Technical consulting for ingredient providers, applying expertise to determine optimal applications and best end-use product formulations for unique and challenging ingredients.
• Brand Development Services Full-service product development through commercialization for CPG brands, covering formula development, line extensions, new formats, and reformulation or improvement of existing products.
• Manufacturer Support Services Technical consulting for food product manufacturers covering equipment recommendations and training, SOP review or generation, and on-site scaling and operational support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ beverage, dairy, supplement, and food products developed and currently in market by founder alone
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• For WellnessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner company logo displayed on Edible Chemistry website. Nature of partnership not explicitly described but appears as a client/customer relationship.
• Goddess GrowerscoreOthersEdible Chemistry has been an important partner in the launch of Goddess Growers. Team did excellent job bringing edibles vision into reality and continued to support brand with R&D, product scaling, and technical issues.
• Dari / Real DaricoreOthersEdible Chemistry worked through product development of MOO'V high protein beverage for kids. Dairy expertise and formulating experience accelerated program from concept to commercialization.
• Ascentix Innovation LabsminorOthersEdible Chemistry delivered a complex project efficiently and with great attention to detail for Ascentix Innovation Labs.
• Fine FettleminorOthersEdible Chemistry instrumental in successful launch of Fine Fettle's initial product line in Georgia, from concept development through delivery and scaling challenges.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sterling-Rice Group: Food and beverage innovation and brand development firm combining R&D, formulation, and brand strategy; comparable in serving both emerging and established CPG clients across similar product categories.
• FoodMinds: Food and nutrition strategy and innovation consultancy serving CPG, ingredient, and supplement clients — comparable to Edible Chemistry in serving ingredient providers and brand-side development, though more strategy-oriented.
• Blue Pacific Flavors: Flavor development company with formulation and product development capabilities across beverages, dairy, and confectionery — directly comparable to Edible Chemistry's science-led formulation and scale-up services.
• Bell Flavors & Fragrances: Flavor and fragrance house that develops and manufactures flavor systems for food, beverage, dairy, and confectionery clients, with adjacent product development services overlapping Edible Chemistry's formulation work.
• Mattson: Independent food and beverage product development consultancy that takes clients from concept through commercialization, with deep formulation and scale-up expertise — the closest direct comparable to Edible Chemistry's core offering.

Broad incumbents

• Kerry Group: Global taste and nutrition company with extensive applied R&D services for food, beverage, and supplement customers; comparable as a broad incumbent offering bundled formulation and ingredient support.
• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF): Global taste, scent, and nutrition company with extensive application laboratories and customer co-development programs serving food, beverage, dairy, and supplement manufacturers.
• Ingredion: Ingredient solutions company operating Idea Labs innovation centers that provide formulation, prototyping, and commercialization support to CPG and beverage clients across overlapping categories.
• Cargill: Global food and ingredient company operating food innovation centers that provide formulation, scale-up, and commercialization services across beverages, dairy, and protein categories.

Emerging players

• Extract Consulting: Cannabis/hemp extraction and infused product development consultancy serving edibles brands; directly overlaps Edible Chemistry's cannabis-infused product work (Goddess Growers, Fine Fettle).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edible-chemistry-consulting
• Facebookfacebook.com/ediblechemistryconsulting

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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