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Challenge report: surge in microbiome patents for infant health
The latest Scanning the Horizon report from High-Value Nutrition examines the patent landscape for potential foods in Infant Health, a key Challenge research theme. The report says there has been a massive explosion in the patent landscape for gut microbiome...
Foodomics 2019
Foodomics 2019 is where the country’s researchers and businesses taking premium foods for health and wellbeing to the world gather to collaborate, learn about the latest research and opportunities and network.
International Science Advisory Panel visits New Zealand
The Challenge hosted the three current members of the Science Advisory Panel Chair Professor Sean Strain, Professor Nancy Krebs and Professor Philip Calder for an intensive two and a half day workshop with the Challenge’s Science Leadership Team
Workshops offer insight to inform 5-year science plan
High-Value Nutrition has completed a successful stakeholder planning project, with 114 participants offering their insight and perspective on the Challenge’s science direction for the next five years at a series of workshops held late last year.
$1 million research partnership with Maori business cluster
High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge has partnered with Nuku ki te Puku, a cluster of Māori-owned food and beverage businesses, in a $1m project to prototype how Māori businesses and some of the country’s top researchers can share science and cultural expertise to collaborate on the development of new food for health products for export.
Challenge research confirms Chinese parents would buy baby foods supporting immune health
Consumer research in China confirms that parents of infants would buy foods that built up their children’s immune systems.