A Genetic Database Will Identify What’s Really In Our Food
Clear Labs is compiling a comprehensive database of the DNA found in food. Screenshot from Clear Labs promotional video It’s hard to know what’s in your food. While some people find it scary to read the labels on processed foods, it’s scarier to know that these labels can sometimes be inaccurate, if an unrecorded ingredient was added somewhere in the manufacturing process. Startup Clear Labs wants to use genetic analysis change that; yesterday the company announced that it is rolling out a database of the genetic signatures of food, called Clear View. “The idea was to bring a new kind of transparency to the food industry,” says Mahni Ghorashi, the CEO and cofounder of Clear Labs. Since the company’s inception in 2014, its researchers have been conducting genetic sequencing on a huge range...