Gutolution

 

Gut health contributes significantly to our overall health, as it affects immunity, weight management, cognitive function, and even noncommunicable diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancers.

Many people try various generic “healthy” diet programmes or off-the-shell probiotics by trial and error, but this frequently leads to inconsistent results, and people feel frustrated.

However, recent breakthrough studies have shown that individuals react differently to the same food due to our unique gut microbiome. Thus, there is no “one-size-fits-all” solution; the only effective solution is a personalised diet and supplements based on each person’s unique gut microbiome.

Gutolution transforms the overall health of users by serving as a personal gut health partner. First, users take a take-home gut test. They collect a stool sample at home and send it to our laboratory for a complete gut microbiota analysis with our next-generation sequencing. Our Gutolution AI derives a personal gut score and personalised diet recommendations based on an advanced machine-learning algorithm, and users receive their test report via our Gutolution mobile app within two weeks. The app shows the report in an interactive interface, and provides daily recommendations, a progress checklist and a calendar to help users transform the recommendations into habits.

We also formulate and manufacture personalised probiotics in a GMP-approved standard and deliver them to users within four weeks. Users can request free reformulation, and they can cancel their monthly subscription at any time. A free at-home gut test is provided quarterly to check the gut health progress of the users and to determine whether a reformulation of their probiotics is needed.

 

 

Team members

Mr Wilson Chang Chun-yang* (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Mr Wayne Chan Cheuk-lap (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Mr James Chan Kin-wing (Alumnus, Dept. of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, CityU)

* Person-in-charge
(Info based on the team's application form)

Achievement(s)
  1. CityU HK Tech 300 Seed Fund (2022)
  2. Finalist, HKSTP Hong Kong Techathon (2022)
  3. Finalist & Top 9 Teams, HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition (2022)

 

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