Solutions
For chefs and restaurant groups
Every fine dining kitchen sources from the same suppliers. Exclusive construct licensing lets a kitchen hold a flavor profile that no competitor can replicate.
1,000
constructs
Exclusive
licensing available
IFI
precision scoring
Free
catalog access
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The problem
Restaurants compete on flavor distinction, but every fine dining kitchen is sourcing the same ingredients from the same suppliers. Heat, sweetness, and umami profiles are undifferentiated across menus that spend considerable effort presenting themselves as unique.
A chef who discovers a remarkable pepper variety has no way to lock that profile to their kitchen. The supplier sells to whoever orders. The variety travels to competitors within a season. The differentiation that took years to develop evaporates in a procurement cycle.
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What the platform does about it
Exclusive construct licensing
A restaurant or restaurant group can hold exclusive commercial rights to a named construct, preventing competitors from licensing the same profile. Exclusivity scope is negotiated — single location, group-wide, or regional.
IFI-matched profiles
Rather than sourcing by cultivar name, source by Iyengar Flavor Index score. Specify the heat onset, sweetness balance, and kokumi character the dish requires, and we find the construct that matches.
Named cultivar development
Develop a house cultivar with a name tied to the restaurant’s brand. The construct is designed, grown, and licensed to the kitchen with full ownership transfer available.
Supply-chain continuity
A licensed construct is reproducible. When a farm source changes, the genetic spec travels with the kitchen — not a vague instruction to procure something similar.
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A representative brief
- Requirement
- Exclusive heat profile, medium onset, complex smokiness, no fruit notes
- IFI target
- IFI-H 0.72, IFI-S < 0.30, IFI-K 0.60
- Catalog search result
- 2 constructs in range
- License type
- Exclusive commercial, single restaurant group
- Development time
- One growing season for custom variant
- Deliverable
- Seed stock, full IFI report, exclusivity agreement
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Getting started
The catalog is free to browse by IFI axis. Search by heat onset range, sweetness ceiling, or kokumi floor to surface constructs that match a dish specification before any commitment.
For exclusive licensing inquiries, the custom quote form accepts a flavor brief — heat profile, cuisine context, service format, and desired exclusivity scope. Most inquiries receive a shortlist within five business days.
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