Sagentia Innovation partners with leading consumer brands to deliver solutions that have market impact.
Powered by science, technology and regulation expertise, we work with you to tackle your business-critical challenges, accelerate solutions and turn ideas into reality. From insight and strategy to concept creation and product realisation, we help you to deliver innovation that connects with your consumers.
Sagentia Innovation delivers:
Resilient supply chains
Harnessing new technologies to stay ahead
In today’s unpredictable world, resilience is not just about absorbing shocks – it’s about anticipating them and acting decisively. Emerging technologies are critical to building resilient supply chains.
At Sagentia Innovation we help brands identify potential supply chain risks and adapt at speed to ensure stronger fulfilment performance. Our approach is to leverage predictive analytics, alternative sourcing strategies, and optimise production to reduce risk, enhance efficiency and mitigate disruption.
The outcome for our clients is strengthened operational reliability, de-risked scale-up decisions, improved responsiveness, and continuity in an increasingly complex global environment, giving businesses the confidence to adapt quickly and maintain competitive advantage in turbulent markets.
Sagentia Innovation can impact:
- Food & beverage: sustainable packaging and upcycling strategies to reduce material risk; manufacturing innovation for faster, more flexible production.
- Consumer health: compliance-by-design for global continuity; supply chain strategies that support launch readiness in regulated markets.
- Petcare: durable packaging formats to mitigate shortages; smart monitoring solutions for improved visibility and quality assurance.
- Personal care & beauty: eco-friendly packaging to reduce resource dependency; technology integration for automated production and compliance.
- Household Products & Appliances: robotics and automation to maintain throughput and quality; precision engineering for consistent performance; eco-friendly materials to reduce sourcing risk
Advanced chemistry solutions
Enabling innovation for performance, sustainability, and efficiency
Innovative chemistries offer new possibilities across ingredients, formulations, processes, and packaging. We help brands realise measurable gains in performance, sustainability, and manufacturing efficiency by combining material science, formulation design, and global regulatory expertise. The result: safer, smarter, and more effective products that keep pace with evolving market needs and consumer expectations.
Across categories, our chemistry-led approach delivers tangible impact:
- Food & beverage: chemistry‑driven formulations and food safety; nutrition‑focused products aligned with wellness trends; sustainable packaging; upcycling of food by‑products; and process innovations that optimise scale‑up and production.
- Consumer health: advanced formulations and functional ingredients/bio‑actives; eco‑conscious design; and robust compliance that supports trusted, personalised experiences.
- Petcare: nutrition‑focused formulations; durable, lower‑impact packaging; and novel formats that enhance care and convenience while meeting regulatory standards.
- Personal care & beauty: high‑performance formulations; support for superior claims, eco‑friendly packaging; and global compliance to accelerate launch and build brand differentiation.
- Household products & appliances: eco-friendly materials and chemistry-led coatings for durability and hygiene; formulation and safety expertise for cleaning and care products; compatibility with smart systems for seamless integration.
From concept to commercialisation, we help you move faster with confidence – integrating science and practical delivery to create products that perform, comply, and scale.
Next-generation consumer technologies
Smarter solutions delivered through applied science, technology and engineering
Breakthrough technologies are redefining how consumers interact with products. At Sagentia Innovation, we combine advanced science, technology and engineering with design expertise to create smart, connected solutions that deliver superior functionality, intuitive design and reduced environmental impact.
Our unique strength lies in developing integrated systems that unite devices and consumables – introducing new functionality, driving brand differentiation, and ensuring compliance in cost-sensitive, competitive markets. From formulation and safety to precision engineering and robotics, our science-led approach de-risks R&D and accelerates innovation for global brands.
Sagentia Innovation can impact:
- Food & beverage: smart dispensing systems and connected appliances; integration of formulation science with device design for precision dosing and enhanced user experience; sustainable packaging formats that complement device functionality.
- Consumer health: digital health technologies enabling personalised care; connected devices integrated with advanced formulations for wellness monitoring; compliance pathways built into product ecosystems.
- Petcare: smart monitoring devices for pet health and nutrition; durable, lower-impact packaging designed for compatibility with automated feeding systems; novel formats that combine convenience with care.
- Personal care & beauty: next-gen beauty devices paired with high-performance formulations; IoT-enabled solutions for personalised skincare routines; eco-conscious packaging integrated into smart systems.
- Household products & appliances: intelligent appliances with user-centric design; robotics and automation for precision performance; eco-friendly materials and connected features that support healthier routines at home.
The outcome: products that combine science, technology, and design to deliver seamless experiences, meet sustainability goals, and create meaningful consumer connections—helping brands lead in a world where innovation defines success
Sustainability & packaging
Solutions that balance performance, cost and environmental responsibility
Sustainability is a strategic imperative, but it only succeeds when it scales. We help brands design packaging, products, and manufacturing solutions that meet environmental goals without sacrificing performance, consumer appeal, or commercial outcomes.
Our approach blends material and ingredient innovation, circular economy principles, and eco-conscious design with practical engineering and compliance expertise. This means solutions that reduce waste and carbon impact while remaining cost-effective and ready for global launch. Through our sister company, Sagentia Regulatory, we simplify complex international requirements, ensuring compliance is built in from the start.
Sagentia Innovation can impact:
- Food & beverage: sustainable packaging formats, upcycling of food by-products, and greener manufacturing processes for competitive, compliant products.
- Consumer health: eco-conscious design integrated with advanced formulations and functional ingredients for trusted wellness solutions.
- Petcare: durable, lower-impact materials and novel formats (foods and packaging) that enhance convenience for owners and meet regulatory standards.
- Personal care & beauty: formulations with careful ingredients selection underpinned by scientific research to support claims paired with elegant, eco-friendly pack design for global markets.
- Household products and appliances: high-performance, power-efficient technologies – designed with lower-impact materials and carbon-efficient production.
From concept to commercialisation, we combine visionary thinking with technical depth – enabling responsible choices that build brand differentiation, consumer trust, and long-term growth.
Health & nutrition
From bio-actives to personalisation: shaping the future of healthy living
Consumer health and nutrition needs are changing rapidly. We help brands uncover emerging opportunities – such as clean-label alternatives to ultra-processed foods and the integration of natural ingredients – and transform them into differentiated propositions that align with evolving lifestyles and regulatory frameworks.
From functional ingredients and bio-actives to personalised nutrition solutions, we combine deep scientific expertise with market insight to create products that promote wellbeing, meet stringent compliance standards, and deliver long-term growth for our clients.
Our end-to-end capability spans consumer insight, strategy, formulation, safety, packaging, and manufacturing, ensuring every product is effective, sustainable, and trusted – ready for successful global launch.
Sagentia Innovation can impact:
- Food & beverage: chemistry-led formulation and food safety aligned with wellness trends; nutrition-focused product development including natural ingredients and clean-label approaches; sustainable packaging and upcycling strategies that align with responsible food systems.
- Consumer health: advanced formulations and functional ingredients (including bio-actives) for proven efficacy; digital technologies enabling personalised health solutions; compliance pathways that ensure safety and accelerate global launch.
- Petcare: nutrition-focused formulations that promote pet health and wellbeing; packaging solutions that protect product integrity and safety; smart monitoring devices for better care and compliance.
- Personal care & beauty: high-performance formulations designed for safety and skin health; eco-friendly packaging aligned with responsible beauty standards; technology integration for enhanced experience and compliance.
- Household products & appliances: smart appliances and eco-friendly materials that promote healthier routines; safety-focused design and precision engineering for reliable, hygienic performance.
The outcome: trusted, effective products that align with wellness trends, satisfy regulatory requirements, and scale efficiently – building loyalty today and long‑term growth tomorrow.
Expert insights:
Careers
Join our dynamic consultancy business to work in an exciting science and technology environment with leading global organisations.
Investors
Sagentia practices are part of Science Group plc, an international services and systems company delivering innovation though the application of science, technology & engineering
Locations
Sagentia is headquartered in the Cambridge, UK and has numerous offices throughout UK, Europe and North America.