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Appetite science, in everyday terms.

Our research asks a simple question. What would it take for appetite to feel settled, every day, for as long as you need it to?

Participants sit at pale booths in a bright tasting room with rows of cream tasting cups. A man and a woman each hold up two cups and smile at each other in agreement beside a blank clipboard.

Our research platform

Veldenza research follows appetite across the whole day rather than a single meal. We study how hunger builds, how it is quieted, and how the foods a person eats teach their appetite what to expect next.

That work led to our integrated approach. When appetite support and food are designed together, each serving can be calibrated to complete the one before it. Our studies measure what matters to the people using the Program: whether they stay with it, how meals feel, and how taste and appetite adapt over months and years of continuous use.

Research is led by the Veldenza Institute for Appetite and Everyday Nutrition at Veldenza Life Campus, with Veldenza Partner Nutrition Centres supporting long-term studies.

Two food scientists in white coats measure a single pea from a meal box with calipers, while one holds a flask of cream liquid up to the light.
1,240
adults enrolled in VLA-204
52
weeks of continuous follow-up
5
study sites, three of them Partner Nutrition Centres
94.1%
still on the Program at week 52
Featured study · VLA-204

Taste settles. Appetite stays.

Over a year of fully programmed eating, participants told our scientists that their food had never been more consistent. The data agreed.

Read the study

Taste differentiation and satiety

Integrated arm. Taste Differentiation Index (baseline = 100) and post-meal satiety rating scaled to the same axis (7.4 = 100).

  • Taste differentiation
  • Post-meal satiety
Taste differentiation: from 100 at week 0 to 62 at week 52. Post-meal satiety: from 100 at week 0 to 62.2 at week 52.Taste differentiation: from 100 at week 0 to 62 at week 52. Post-meal satiety: from 100 at week 0 to 62.2 at week 52.
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WeekTaste differentiationPost-meal satiety
0100100
497102.7
128995.9
267883.8
396971.6
526262.2

The Veldenza Appetite Matrix

Every consumer has a place on the matrix

Our scientists map each consumer by appetite and engagement. Each quadrant has a clear, evidence-based next step.

High appetite · high engagementThriving

Continue the Program. Add FREE REFILL between servings.

Low appetite · high engagementThriving

Continue the Program. Appetite returns, and you will be ready.

High appetite · low engagementReady to re-engage

Visit the nearest FREE REFILL access point.

Low appetite · low engagementUnder observation

A Program Guide will be in touch.

How research reaches you

From question to serving

  1. Appetite researchThe Veldenza Institute studies how appetite builds, quiets and returns.
  2. Long-term studiesPartner Nutrition Centres follow participants for as long as they stay.
  3. Food developmentVeldenzaLife foods are calibrated to the findings.
  4. The ProgramAppetite support and food, designed together.
  5. FREE REFILLYour next serving, never far away.

At a glance

What our studies measure

We measure what matters to people using the Program: whether they stay with it, and how it feels to.

VLA-204 and beyond
  • Program adherence at week 5294.1%
  • Participants who completed the extended observation97%
  • Study sites reporting no concerns100%

Figures are fictional. The marker shows 100%.

Study registry

Veldenza studies

Internal Veldenza study records. All studies listed are fictional.

IDStudyStageEnrollmentDurationStatus
VLA-204Long-Term Appetite Continuity StudyExtended continuity1,24052 weeks, plus extended observationCompleted

Publications

Selected publications

Publications and journals listed are fictional.