Unlocking the true
potential of your actives.
We make difficult actives work in real drinks and foods. Soluble, stable, and ready to drop into your line.
Illustrative visualisation — not a molecular model or quantitative simulation.
The problem
Functional ingredients often underperform in real products.
The bottleneck isn't the active — it's delivery and stability. Most formulations lose the fight between lab and shelf.
Low real-world absorption
Many delivery formats look good on paper but deliver low actual bioavailability once inside the body.
Actives degrade in the matrix
Ingredients break down in ready-to-drink beverages and complex matrices, losing potency before consumption.
Over-dosing & reformulation
Brands pay premium input costs, then compensate with over-dosing and repeated reformulation cycles.
The solution
zolvia. makes functional ingredients perform in finished products.
One technology, multiple formulation barriers — built for challenging bioactives including fat-soluble vitamins, polyphenols, adaptogens and functional lipids.
Technology
One platform. Multiple formulation barriers solved.
Our formulation technology gives functional ingredients the bioavailability, stability and format flexibility to perform where it matters: in the finished product.
up to 71×
Bioavailability
Increase measured exposure versus a native form, supported by human pharmacokinetic data for z-curcumin powder.
>24,000×
Solubility & Stability
Improve aqueous solubility while engineering for heat, pH and storage conditions in complex product matrices.
in development
Controlled Release
A development programme focused on controlling when actives release, with a first commercial application targeted for 2027.
How the platform works
Ingredient
Challenging bioactive selected
Engineer
Delivery & stability designed
Format
Powder, liquid or paste output
Scale
Manufacturing-ready & repeatable
Applications
Built for teams where performance, stability and experience all matter.
From fortified foods to functional beverages and next-generation supplements, zolvia. adapts to your product — not the other way around.
Food
Designed to keep actives effective through processing and shelf life — without compromising taste or texture.
- Fortified & functional foods
- Process-stable actives
- Sensory-neutral delivery
Beverages
Engineered for stability in ready-to-drink formats, so bioactives survive the matrix without compromising the sensory experience.
- RTD stability
- Clear & clean dispersion
- No off-notes
Supplements
Improve delivery performance so products achieve stronger real-world outcomes — without over-dosing to compensate.
- Higher absorption
- Extended-release options
- Multi-format outputs
Working on something outside these categories? The platform is multi-ingredient by design.
Discuss your workflowWhy zolvia.
A formulation partner built for real-world performance.
Clinically validated. Multi-format. Built to scale — so every 'better for you' claim is one a brand can actually stand behind.
Evidence-led
Clinically validated before scale-up — performance is demonstrated, not assumed.
Multi-format outputs
Powder, liquid or paste — delivered product-ready for your process.
Manufacturing-ready
Built for scale, repeatability and quality from the first batch onward.
Multi-ingredient capability
A repeatable formulation system that works across ingredients and products.
How we work with partners
Ingredient supply
Access ready-to-use, formulation-enhanced functional ingredients.
Co-development
Partner with our team to engineer delivery for your specific product.
Tech transfer
Move validated formulations into your manufacturing environment.
Evidence & scale
Validated by evidence. Built to scale.
Performance is demonstrated in models and carried through to the finished product. Human pharmacokinetic data now complements in-vitro and formulation testing.
Clinical figures describe absorption, not health outcomes. Results may vary by ingredient, application and workflow.
up to 71×
Higher human exposure
Relative AUC for z-curcumin powder versus native curcumin in a 500 mg pharmacokinetic study.
>24,000×
Aqueous solubility
Improvement reported for z-curcumin versus the native form, measured separately from absorption.
66×
Liquid-format exposure
Relative AUC for aqueous-liquid z-curcumin versus native curcumin in the same study.
real matrix
Real-world fit
Built for processing, shelf life and sensory performance so the ingredient still performs in the finished matrix.
About zolvia.
Functional ingredients only work if they actually work in your product.
Most formulations lose the fight between lab and shelf. The delivery format is wrong. The active degrades in an RTD. The bioavailability claim doesn't survive processing. So brands over-dose, reformulate, and hope.
zolvia. fixes the delivery problem. Our formulation technology platform gives functional ingredients the bioavailability, stability and format flexibility to perform in real finished products — not just in white papers.
We are building towards a world where every "better for you" claim is one a brand can actually stand behind.
- Headquarters
- Dublin, Ireland
- Founded
- 2023
- Focus
- Formulation technology
- Markets
- Europe + US
Clinically validated.
Multi-format.
Built to scale.
Focus areas: functional foods, beverages & supplements. Technology capabilities: bioavailability, solubility & extended release.
FAQ
Answers for scientific and commercial teams
The essentials on how the platform performs, integrates and scales.
Ready to make your ingredients perform in the finished product?
Speak with our team about your ingredient, product and application — and see how the platform can support your workflow.