As part of its efforts to deliver innovations that meet specific health needs, Nestlé is leveraging its wide-ranging research and development expertise, exploring emerging technologies, and partnering with academic institutions and startups.
With the University of California, Davis Innovation Institute for Food & Health (IIFH), Nestlé Health Science is entering a strategic partnership designed to advance innovation across nutrition and health, and startup development.
Through this partnership, the company will work to identify and bring to market nutrition-based solutions that address areas such as women’s health, healthy longevity and weight management. Nestlé Health Science and University of California, Davis will also explore collaborative research and student engagement opportunities.
Nestlé says it is committed to developing nutritional solutions that address new growth platforms such as women’s health, healthy longevity and weight management.
In Australia, Nestlé Health Science will work with Australia Catholic University in Melbourne to accelerate startup innovation though its incubator program in women’s health, healthy longevity and weight management. This initiative will also include potential opportunities for student mentorship and collaboration on future research projects.
The company also recently announced the third edition of its Innovation Challenge with the Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University focusing on women’s health intersecting with healthy longevity. Winners will receive world class support from Nestlé Health Science and Tufts University to drive innovations.
“We want to encourage new solutions in health science through working directly with individuals who have brilliant ideas and could use professional guidance to develop them,” said Hans Manning, vice president of Innovation & Strategy at the R&D center for Nestlé Health Science in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
“The strategic partnerships with the universities allow us to work with entrepreneurs to help them bring highly differentiated products to the market in three key areas: women’s health; healthy longevity; and weight management. The ultimate aim is to provide science-based, groundbreaking nutritional solutions to advance the health status of consumers and patients.”
These initiatives build on Nestlé’s commitment to developing nutritional solutions that address these new growth platforms. Examples of recent innovations include a unique blend of bioactive nutrients to support muscle recovery under Pure Encapsulations, as well nutritional solutions to support weight management under the Boost brand.
