Great natural products deserve great science.
Ingredient Factor provides the rare combination of scientific, clinical, and regulatory expertise to bring you great science — whether you need a defensible claim, a credentialed PI to lead your trial, a regulatory submission that holds up to scrutiny, or a scientific partner who can take an ingredient all the way from pre-clinical insight to market-ready messaging.
The Ingredient Factor Approach
The most successful innovations in the natural products space are designed with consumer needs in mind. At Ingredient Factor, that principle is built into the science itself — designing clinical trials around the benefits that matter most to your consumer, then translating that evidence into claims your team can communicate with confidence.
For earlier stage development, that process starts even sooner with pre-clinical research designed to understand how an ingredient works, inform clinical trial design, and build the foundational evidence that takes a promising ingredient all the way to market. Ingredient Factor brings the scientific, clinical, and regulatory expertise to get there — wherever you are in the journey.
CORE SERVICES
Clinical Research
Principal Investigator
Claims-focused clinical trial design
Traditional & decentralized RCTs
Pre-clinical to clinical translation
IRB navigation & GCP compliance
Case Study Report (CSR) preparation
Manuscript publication
Regulatory Affairs
NDIN & GRAS submissions
Global market access strategy
Botanical, nutrition and biotech ingredient regulation
Claims substantiation
Label & FTC compliance
Scientific Strategy
Scientific & regulatory affairs buildout
Ingredient strategy & NPD
Fractional scientific leadership
Translation of complex science to consumer language
White papers & scientific communications
Stakeholder & KOL engagement
Pre-clinical study design & patent application support
Ingredient Factor was founded by Barbara A. Davis, PhD, RD — a scientific, clinical and regulatory consultant with 20+ years embedded in the dietary supplement and food ingredient industry.
20+
Years in dietary supplement industry
15+
Global regulatory approvals secured
21
Peer-reviewed publications across clinical, pre-clinical, safety & toxicology
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→ No objection letter received
→ Biotech-derived ingredient regulatory expertise
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→ Published in high-impact journals like Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, and European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
→ NutraIngredients & Nexty Awards
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→ North America: FDA · Health Canada
→ Europe: EFSA · NFSA
→ Asia-Pacific: TGA · MFDS
→ South America: ANVISA