Founded in 2008 by Dr. Sam Possemiers, Dr. Massimo Marzorati and Prof. Willy Verstraete, the company develops unique laboratory models of the complete gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals. It markets the Simulator of the Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME®), a unique enabling technology used to provide pre-clinical services to functional food/feed and pharma companies in order to assess the fate of actives and ingredients during digestive processes and their mechanism of action in relation to human and animal health.