Your partner for early life nutrition

Arla Foods Ingredients offers a full-service operation for early life nutrition ingredient supply and formula manufacturing, from R&D and regulatory support to manufacturing expertise. 

For decades, our customers have relied on us for milk-based ingredients and products that meet the highest standards of quality and safety, and we are continuously building capacity to follow market demands together with you.

Whether you want to use our scientifically-documented ingredients in your next product launch, or use our state-of-the art facilities and expert teams to produce your finished product, we offer added value at every step of your go-to-market journey.

Your partner for early life nutrition

Arla Foods Ingredients supports the WHO recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life and continued breastfeeding up to the age of two or beyond in combination with nutritionally appropriate complementary foods.

Ingredients & solutions

 Ingredients & solutions

Ingredients & solutions

At Arla Foods Ingredients, we have developed a range of ingredients that support nutrition in the early life stages: from pregnancy to infancy and toddler years.

Our nutritious, high-quality ingredients have been scientifically documented to support nutrition in early life within areas such as healthy growth and development, allergy management cognitive development and performance, immunity and healthy pregnancy.

Our production plants are built and operated to meet the highest industry standards to ensure we are always in the forefront in product quality and safety. We invest heavily in pre-clinical and clinical research to bring our customers trustworthy, first-hand documented ingredients.

Ingredients & solutions
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Anne Staudt Kvistgaard
Anne Staudt Kvistgaard Senior Manager
Pediatric Nutrition
Ulrik Bank Pedersen
Ulrik Bank Pedersen Head of Pediatric Global Sales
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Science & Insights

Science & Insights

Science & insights

Scientific documentation is central to Arla Foods Ingredients’ early life nutrition ingredient portfolio. We are committed to deliver safety and efficacy evidence of our ingredients for the infant formula industry by providing our customers highly developed and targeted pre-clinical and clinical evidence that can be integrated into their final product documentation.

Over the years, we’ve built a reputation for solid, evidence-based clinical research in the industry. This work is carried out in close collaboration with leading research partners to provide a solid understanding of the role and mechanism of our ingredients developed for early life nutrition.

Close attention to this aspect is an unwavering principle that has guided our development efforts and documentation investments for decades. At Arla Foods Ingredients, the early life nutrition department is on a journey to discover and deliver science based ingredients that support early life nutrition.
Arla Foods Ingredients’ partnerships applies to market insights as well as our sales and marketing experts can contribute valuable industry and consumer insights to support product positioning efforts and accelerate time-to-market.

Read more about our Research Integrity Policy here.

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