Sifter Solutions

Name

Sifter Solutions

Legal name

Sifter Solutions, Inc.

Website

https://siftersolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: Sifter offers subscription-based access to its food discovery platform, including access to dietary filtering tools, product scoring, and compliance features. Pricing is tiered and includes an API free trial period.
2. API Usage: Usage-based API access for technology partners and white-label integrators, allowing third parties to embed Sifter's dietary technology into their platforms.
3. White-Label Licensing: Licensing of Sifter's technology to partners for white-label deployment, enabling retailers and healthcare organizations to offer branded dietary solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sifter Solutions operates a Nutrition-as-a-Service technology platform that combines dietitian-validated algorithms with a curated food product database to deliver personalized dietary recommendations, product scoring (Open Health Score Index), and SNAP regulatory compliance for retailers. Its core offerings include the OHSI scoring system, a SNAP Waiver Compliance solution providing UPC-level Restricted Product Lists, the Sifter Connect API (Nutrition as a Service™), and the consumer-facing Sifter Shop application with Scan By Diet and RecipeSifter capabilities.

Product overview

Sifter Solutions operates as a Food as Medicine technology platform offering a unified suite of products centered on nutrition intelligence and dietary compliance. The core platform comprises the Open Health Score Index (OHSI) providing 0-100 product ratings, and the SNAP Waiver Compliance solution delivering state-specific Restricted Product Lists at the UPC level. The consumer-facing Sifter Shop app delivers Scan By Diet barcode scanning, RecipeSifter recipe analysis, Product Search, and Local Store Assortment capabilities. The Sifter Connect API enables white-label integration of these capabilities via Nutrition as a Service™. SNAP Companion extends compliance technology into retailer loyalty apps. The platform is built on dietitian-validated, evidence-based algorithms processing hundreds of thousands of grocery products across 130+ dietary filters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sifter Shop: Consumer-facing app for personalized product discovery and dietary filtering.
• SNAP Companion
• Scan By Diet
• RecipeSifter
• Nutrition as a Service
• Open Health Score Index (OHSI)

Products and services

• Open Health Score Index (OHSI) A 0-100 product scoring system built on the Nutrient-Rich Foods Index (NRFI), an open-source, evidence-backed model. Categorizes products as Best (91-100), Good (67-90), Limit (34-66), or Avoid (11-33), and is licensed to retailers, CPG brands, and digital health partners for food product scoring programs.
• SNAP Waiver Compliance Turnkey Restricted Product Lists (RPLs) for SNAP waiver states that provide state-specific, UPC-level compliance at checkout. The cloud-based platform includes private label compliance support, ingredient-level analysis, and optional audit preparation and attestation documentation for grocery retailers.
• Sifter Shop (Consumer App) Consumer-facing mobile and web application enabling shoppers to create dietary profiles, scan product barcodes to check diet compatibility, discover products across 130+ dietary and lifestyle filters, and access personalized product recommendations. Offers Sifter Premium subscription with promotional discount code SIFTEROFFER24 for 25% off first year.
• Sifter Connect API (Nutrition as a Service™) Flexible, dynamic API platform branded as Nutrition as a Service™ that enables developers and partners to build their own Food as Medicine solutions. Provides product search, Scan By Diet, RecipeSifter, and Local Store Assortment capabilities for white-label integration by retailers, CPG brands, health and fitness companies, dietitians/nutritionists, and developers.
• SNAP Companion Mobile scanning tool integrated into retailer loyalty apps that helps customers confirm SNAP eligibility in real time and filter products by individual or family dietary preferences. Provides state-specific restricted product lists and UPC-level eligibility determinations at the shelf level.
• Circana Attribute Marketplace Integration Marketplace integration providing Sifter's health-focused product attributes (nutrient-density ratings, health-focused insights including GLP-1 trend data) to CPG brands and retailers through Circana's analytics platform for product, pricing, and innovation decisions.
• Shopper Companion Optional shopper-facing technology integrated into retailer or SNAP apps that extends compliance to the shelf, helping customers confirm SNAP eligibility at the shelf level rather than at point of sale, and enabling filtering by dietary preferences.

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Brookshire BrotherscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrookshire Brothers, a regional grocery retailer, partners with Sifter for SNAP waiver compliance services. This partnership enables Brookshire Brothers to comply with USDA SNAP regulations for online grocery ordering, allowing SNAP beneficiaries to purchase groceries online with delivery or pickup.
• CircanacoreTechnology or IntegrationSifter partners with Circana through the Attribute Marketplace, combining Sifter's dietary and nutritional product data with Circana's market intelligence and analytics capabilities. This enables CPG brands and retailers to access comprehensive product attribute data for market analysis.
• Attane HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAttane Health, a health-focused organization, has merged with Sifter Solutions according to industry insights. This merger strengthens Sifter's capabilities in the healthcare and personalized nutrition space.
• About FreshcoreTechnology or IntegrationAbout Fresh partners with Sifter to integrate food discovery technology into platforms serving underserved communities. This technology partnership aims to expand access to nutritious foods by combining About Fresh's food access programs with Sifter's dietary filtering capabilities.
• FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFARE, the largest private funder of food allergy research, collaborates with Sifter to serve the food allergy community. This partnership leverages Sifter's technology to help food allergy patients discover safe food options and supports FARE's mission of improving quality of life for those affected by food allergies.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• HowGood: HowGood provides product sustainability and ingredient intelligence data for CPG brands and retailers. Compares to Sifter's product attribute data platform in data model and B2B go-to-market motion with CPG brands.
• Label Insight: Label Insight (acquired by NielsenIQ) built enriched product data with ingredient, allergen, and nutritional attribute coverage for CPG brands and retailers. It is the closest historical competitor to Sifter's SiftTags and OHSI product attribute platform.
• SPINS: SPINS provides product attribute data and market intelligence for natural, organic, and functional foods across CPG and retail channels. Overlaps with Sifter's dietary filtering and product scoring capabilities for health-focused CPG segments.

Emerging players

• Yuka: Yuka is a consumer-facing app that scans product barcodes to rate health and dietary compatibility. Directly comparable to Sifter's Scan By Diet consumer functionality, though primarily operating in Europe.
• About Fresh: About Fresh provides food access technology (Fresh Connect cards) for produce prescription and food-as-medicine programs. Direct Sifter integration partner serving overlapping health plan and food access customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• NielsenIQ: NielsenIQ offers measurement, analytics, and enriched product data for CPG manufacturers and retailers globally. Competes with Sifter in product data services and now owns former direct peer Label Insight.
• Circana: Circana is a large market intelligence provider for CPG and retail, and is also a Sifter channel partner through the Attribute Marketplace. Comparable as a data and analytics platform serving the same retailers and brands that Sifter targets.
• MyFitnessPal: MyFitnessPal is a large consumer nutrition tracking app with extensive product and restaurant food database. Comparable to Sifter Shop in consumer dietary tracking, though broader in calorie and macro focus than allergy and dietary restriction filtering.

Others

• Attane Health: Attane Health was a food-as-medicine platform serving health plans and merged with Sifter Solutions in December 2023. Listed as a peer for historical comparability in food-is-medicine patient nutrition programs.
• FreshConnect (FIS): FIS powers payment technology used by About Fresh for produce prescription cards; Sifter provides UPC-level eligibility data that integrates with FIS. Comparable as ecosystem participant enabling food-as-medicine transactions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SifterSolutions
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@siftersolutions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sifter-solutions-inc

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 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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