--- description: Find out why Mbiota Elemental Diet is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. title: Mbiota Elemental Diet: The Best Inventions of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e8063edd057d5d/6998ca2a1500fbd579aa6a02/mBIOTA-elemental-diet-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Mbiota Elemental Diet Tastier medical food by [Allana Akhtar](/author/allana-akhtar/) ## Allana Akhtar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Mbiota Elemental diets and medical meal replacements have been [shown to be effective](https://journals.lww.com/ajg/fulltext/2022/06000/evidence%5Fbased%5Fand%5Femerging%5Fdiet%5Frecommendations.28.aspx "undefined") in reducing gut inflammation and bacteria overgrowth, but palatability is often a barrier for patients who need them. Traditionally, “it tastes like hot garbage, and the amino acids stick to your tongue so you have this horrific taste in your mouth all day,” says Nicola Wodlinger, CEO of Mbiota Labs, which created an elemental diet intended to be tastier for patients. Researchers with [Cedars-Sinai](https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/new-cedars-sinai-study-shows-how-specialized-diet-can-improve-gut-disorders/ "undefined") and Mbiota [found this year in clinical trials](https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565%2825%2900241-1/fulltext "undefined") that its formula led to higher compliance among patients treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and intestinal methanogen overgrowth (IMO), alongside [positive results](https://mbiota.com/pages/published-research "undefined") for improving gut biome. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318445/mbiota-elemental-diet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318445/mbiota-elemental-diet/"},"headline":"Mbiota Elemental Diet","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:54.816Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318445/mbiota-elemental-diet/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e8063edd057d5d/6998ca2a1500fbd579aa6a02/mBIOTA-elemental-diet-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Allana Akhtar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/allana-akhtar/"}],"creator":"Allana Akhtar","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0e8063edd057d5d/6998ca2a1500fbd579aa6a02/mBIOTA-elemental-diet-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318445/mbiota-elemental-diet/","name":"Mbiota Elemental Diet"}}]}] ```