TraceGains recognized for extending digital supply chain innovation from agricultural inputs through food product development
TraceGains, an AI-powered supply chain and product development platform for the food and beverage industry, has been named the 2026 AgTech Breakthrough Awards Supply Chain Solution Provider of the Year in the Value Chain category. The award recognizes TraceGains’ work extending digital transformation beyond the farm to connect agricultural inputs, sourcing, formulation, compliance, and sustainability across the food value chain.
While much of AgTech innovation has focused on improving agricultural production, TraceGains addresses a critical challenge further downstream: helping food manufacturers make faster, more informed decisions about the ingredients and materials that ultimately become finished products.
Only 30% of companies have visibility beyond their direct suppliers, according to McKinsey, leaving many organizations vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities. TraceGains addresses this visibility gap through an AI-powered networked platform that connects brands and suppliers and creates a shared data foundation across sourcing, formulation, and compliance.
TraceGains is extending its connected supply chain capabilities into product development through AI Formulation, an AI-powered laboratory and workspace designed specifically for food formulation. The solution brings supplier, ingredient, specification, and compliance intelligence directly into formulation workflows, enabling food scientists to evaluate ingredients and formulation options based on factors including availability, regulatory requirements, sustainability goals, nutritional targets, and product performance.
TraceGains also recently launched Carbon Insights, embedding ingredient-level carbon intelligence directly into sourcing and formulation workflows. Powered by environmental intelligence from DitchCarbon and Sustained, Carbon Insights uses existing supplier and ingredient data to deliver automated carbon insights, reducing reliance on manual questionnaires and fragmented sustainability reporting.
By bringing carbon intelligence into the same workflows where sourcing and formulation decisions are made, manufacturers can evaluate sustainability alongside cost, quality, availability, and compliance. The approach also provides earlier visibility into Scope 3 emissions and helps organizations understand how ingredient decisions can affect downstream environmental outcomes.
Together, AI Formulation and Carbon Insights demonstrate TraceGains’ approach to supply chain innovation: connecting agricultural inputs and product data so manufacturers can anticipate risks, optimize resources, and make more informed decisions across the value chain.
The AgTech Breakthrough Awards recognize excellence and innovation across the global agricultural technology industry, highlighting companies and technologies advancing the future of agriculture and the broader food ecosystem.
