Our Partners
The brilliant, founding minds behind the science of Ele Chocolates have over 100 years of collective experience in microbiome research, microbiology, and food science. The doctors and researchers at Synbiotic Health operate with an approach that considers the entirety of the human microbial ecosystem and the specific traits and functions necessary for probiotics to perform and support optimal human health. This approach has led to novel discovery platforms, the ecologically-advanced probiotic strains used in Ele Chocolates Probiotic Bites, and synergistic synbiotics.
Bob Hutkins, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska – Scientific Founder
Dr. Hutkins is a world-renowned expert on probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics, with 35 years’ experience as an academic researcher. He has multiple published papers, multiple patents, has written a popular textbook on fermented foods, and is a board member for the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics.
Jens Walter, Ph.D.
University College Cork – Scientific Founder
Dr. Walter is an expert on gut microbiota and has spent 20 years studying microbiome ecology, with a focus on the gut environment, is a global leader in developing ecological strategies for modulating the gut microbiome and in translating this research into therapeutic and nutritional strategies, and has published 100+ scientific articles on gut health.
Andy Benson, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska – Scientific Founder
Dr. Benson is a current director of the Nebraska Food for Health Center, has spent 25 years as a gut health researcher, and has published important papers on genome evolution and gut-microbiome-host interactions.
Tom Burkey, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska – Scientific Founder
Dr. Burkey is an expert on animal gut health with a 15-years of research focusing on interactions between nutrients, gut microbes and immunity in animal species.
