Adepa

Adepa is an Australian nutrition company built on a genuinely unusual discovery: branched fats, the same protective lipids found in vernix caseosa (a newborn's first natural moisturiser), can be harnessed to support gut health in adults. Founded by Professor Tom Brenna — whose infant nutrition research helped shape FDA-approved DHA formulas — and Dr Craig Patch, Adepa translates decades of early-life nutrition science into a new category they call "peribiotics." Unlike prebiotics or probiotics, which feed the microbiome alone, peribiotics work on both the gut bacteria and the gut cells themselves, strengthening the barrier that holds everything together. The flagship product, Adepa Daily Peribiotics, is clinically studied, published in a peer-reviewed journal, and free from major allergens. It's science with a origin story that's hard to forget: a newborn's first line of defence, repurposed for your daily routine.