Metabolomic signatures of ready-to-drink beverages
Peer-reviewed in Metabolites, 2026. Dual-mode untargeted LC–MS/MS across five commercial RTD beverages, including BeePop.
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Mushrooms hold far more chemistry than anyone had mapped
We mapped M2 Ingredients' whole-mushroom ingredients three ways. Every species held thousands of molecules and its own chemical fingerprint. Most of that chemistry is uncharacterized in public databases. M2 now uses the data in its positioning, trade media and a new quality marker.
4,000–7,000molecules detected in each species
Mostof the molecules we find are uncharacterized in public databases
Everyspecies showed its own chemical fingerprint
Case study · Almond Board of California
Even well-studied almonds hid undocumented chemistry
530phytochemicals
17bioactives
6never reported in almonds
530 phytochemicals. 17 bioactives. Six never reported in almonds. Our founder, Ivana Blaženović, was a principal investigator and the corresponding author of this Food Chemistry study, funded by the Almond Board of California.
The paper reports about four times more than previously documented. The Almond Board has since funded further work with Adikai Insights.
Case study · Hive Beverage
BeePop, a newly formulated beverage Adikai supported with molecular data
A sparkling fermented green-tea drink sweetened with real honey and fruit juice. Adikai mapped its molecular signature alongside four other ready-to-drink beverages in a peer-reviewed Metabolites paper.
BeePop · Peach + Orange Blossom Honey
478 compounds across five beverages. 42 with reported bioactivity. BeePop and Pure Leaf tea each carried 39 of those, the richest profiles in the set. BeePop’s signature came from botanical and honey-derived chemistry: chlorogenic-acid derivatives, luteolin glycosides, organic acids, alkaloids and plant phenolics.
The study is qualitative. Detecting a compound does not mean it is present at a bioactive dose. What it does give Hive is a molecular story for BeePop that a label cannot tell.
Publications and talks
Bioactive metabolite markers for functional mushrooms
Which bioactives can serve as quality markers for functional mushrooms? Presented with M2 Ingredients at the Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB 2026).
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