HVN Contestable Projects

High-Value Nutrition contestable projects

High-Value Nutrition Ko Ngā Kai Whai Painga provides contestable funding opportunities for research projects looking to develop high-value foods with validated health benefits to drive economic growth in New Zealand Aotearoa.

Tranche 1

Dairy cattle standing in field at sunrise surrounded by morning fog

a2 Milk™

Baby sleeping and holding a pink cow cuddly toy

A Good Night's Sleep

Several fillets of wagu beef on a wooden block

Complex Lipids

Greenshell mussels growing on a rope

Greenshell™ Mussel 1.0

Two kiwifruit on the vine

Kiwi, Fruity & Friendly

Pink smoothie in glass with halved fresh strawberry on top and two halves of a fresh strawberry on the side

MultiProMo

Female preschool aged girl in a white dress standing in a meadow

Natural Protection of Milk

Pumpkin seeds splashed on a table

Tū Ora

Tranche 2

a clump of seaweed

AgriSea NZ Seaweed Ltd

Bottles and glasses of Arepa drinks

Ārepa

Arepa drink being poured from a bottle to glass. A bowl of blackcurrants stand alongside

Ārepa and polyphenols

Sliced fruit covered in purple powder

Ārepa nootropic powder

Atutahi

Fresh blackberries

BerriQi®

Blackfoot pāua

Blackfoot pāua

A bunch of cherries hanging from a branch with green leaves

CherriGlobal

Collagen

Damson plums on a tree

Damson plums

Greenshell mussels

Greenshell™ mussel 2.0

mussel longlines

Greenshell™ Mussel with Fucoidan

Two men looking at fished shellfish on a boat

Greenshell™ mussel for osteoarthritis

Coffee alternative beans on the plant

Hemp Connect

Glass of milk on a section of concrete with grass in the background

IDP®

family sitting around a table eating a meal and raising a toast

IDP® Gut Barrier

A pink smoothie is a glass standing on a wooden chopping board, alongside a jar of honey, seeds and freshly cut fruit

Kaitahi Smoothy Drops

Dry Zealong tea in a white bowl

Kakariki Kiwi

dried kanuka

Kānuka o Te Tauihu

Seaweed, pestle and mortar and three different coloured powders on a cream coloured background

Karengo

Kiwifruit on the vine

Kiwifruit and sleep quality

Bee on a manuka flower

Mānuka Honey for Digestive Health

A wooden crossing in native New Zealand bush

Mamaku Whakaoraora

A honey bee at work on its honeycomb

Monofloral native honeys

Hemp plant

Movers in hemp innovation (MIHI)

Graphic of an adult female goat with a collar and bell and a young kid

NIG Nutritional Goat Milk

Deer in a field with a lake and misty mountains in the background

Pāmu deer milk

New Zealand grazing pasture with mountains in the background and a farm track alongside the paddocks.

Pasture-Raised Advantage

Pic's Peanut Butter

Rongoa infusion

Rongoā Infusions

Two salmon fillets on a wooden chopping board

SeaDragon

Photo by Tony Wu: close-up shot of macadamia nuts on a white surface

Torere Macadamias

Kawakawa plant

Tūhauora Kawakawa

Coffee alternative beans on the plant

Zoffee - Native New Zealand coffee alternative