Sifter Solutions merges with Attane Health to expand food-as-medicine platform

By AI, Created 6:51 PM UTC, May 28, 2026, /AGP/ – Sifter Solutions has merged with Attane Health to create a broader food-is-medicine platform for health plans, retailers, CPG brands and consumers. The combined company says the deal will help it deliver healthier food access, compliance tools and measurable outcomes at larger scale.

Why it matters: - The merger combines food access, nutrition care, compliance and outcomes tracking in one platform. - The deal is aimed at health plans and other partners facing pressure to show measurable results from food-is-medicine programs. - The combined company says it can now reach more consumers and more healthcare partners with a single end-to-end system.

What happened: - Sifter Solutions announced a merger with Attane Health on May 28, 2026. - The combined business will operate under Sifter Solutions, Inc. and retain the Attane brand. - The company says the merged platform connects consumers, health plans, retailers and CPG brands through one service. - Emily Brown, Attane’s founder and CEO, joined Sifter Solutions as chief healthcare officer. - Brown said the two companies are now operating as one team with one mission.

The details: - Sifter Solutions was co-founded by Andrew and Thomas Parkinson, the founders of Peapod. - Sifter’s platform includes curated healthy food access, personalized nutrition education and SNAP waiver compliance tools. - Sifter works with state and retail partners and uses an existing supply chain of low-cost retailers for delivery. - Attane built food-is-medicine programs inside large health plans and developed real-time outcomes reporting for payers. - Attane grew healthcare contracts across Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and other national accounts. - The integrated platform now offers healthcare, retail technology, brand solutions and outcomes data. - Health plan members can get grocery access, motivational interviewing coaching and condition-specific programs for diabetes, hypertension and maternal health. - Grocery retailers get SNAP waiver compliance infrastructure, health-nutrition overlays and real-time purchasing data. - Brookshire Grocery and Associated Grocers are already live on the retail offering, and the State of Arkansas is expected to deploy it soon. - CPG brands can access dietary health attributes, nutrient density scores, SNAP waiver compliance data, GLP-1-friendly food insights, and product renovation and development analytics. - Health plans receive real-time engagement metrics and HEDIS measure tracking. - Sifter says its engine evaluates grocery products against thousands of attributes, including allergens, ingredient exclusions and chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease. - The company says more than 18 million health plan members are reachable through current healthcare contracts. - Program results cited by the company include 90% of participants reporting better chronic condition management and a 24% increase in HEDIS measures reported by health plan partners. - The U.S. food-is-medicine market is projected to approach $30 billion in 2026 and continue growing through 2030, according to the release. - The company says those estimates cover only the narrowly defined clinical market and not the broader food-is-medicine ecosystem. - Brown also serves on the NIAID Advisory Council and founded the Food Equality Initiative. - Sifter says Brown’s 15 years of food-is-medicine and health equity experience are now part of its leadership team.

Between the lines: - The merger appears designed to give the combined company more scale at a time when regulatory and reporting demands are tightening. - Health plans are increasingly expected to prove that food-based interventions improve outcomes, not just access. - The deal also positions Sifter to serve retailers and food brands with data tied to health, compliance and purchasing behavior.

What’s next: - Sifter Solutions will roll out the combined platform under one company structure while keeping the Attane brand. - The company expects continued deployment with retail and state partners, including Arkansas. - Health plan and brand partners will likely be a major focus as the company expands its integrated offering.

The bottom line: - Sifter Solutions and Attane Health are betting that food-is-medicine will move from pilot programs to infrastructure, and the merged company wants to be the system that powers that shift.