{"id":211,"date":"2025-11-03T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.materna-france.fr\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:30:44","slug":"innovation-et-rd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.materna-france.fr\/en\/innovation-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation and R&D"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Innovation & R&D: <\/strong>at the heart of our expertise!<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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As a company 100% dedicated to infant nutrition, we are fortunate to rely on our sp\u00e9cialistes R&D, travaillant dans des laboratoires situ\u00e9s sur chacun de nos 9 sites industriels<\/strong>. Ainsi, chaque site de production \u00e0 un savoir-faire d\u00e9di\u00e9 et ses propres certifications qualit\u00e9, pour proposer des recettes s\u00fbres, savoureuses et adapt\u00e9es \u00e0 chaque \u00e9tape de d\u00e9veloppement de l\u2019enfant<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to our infant nutrition expertise, we support our clients in creating innovative and safe product ranges that comply with nutritional and regulatory requirements, whether for conventional or organic baby food manufacturing. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An expert and multidisciplinary team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Our R&D division brings together experts across our various industrial sites, with dedicated teams for each product category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From R&D project managers to R&D technicians, technologists, and laboratory managers, every role contributes to a shared objective: designing and developing products that precisely meet the nutritional needs of babies and young children (0\u201336 months), while integrating market developments such as taste preferences, textures, naturalness, functional needs, formats, organic innovations, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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An industrial strength dedicated to innovation in infant nutrition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our 9 industrial sites, located in France and the United Kingdom, form a unique ecosystem entirely dedicated to infant nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, these 9 sites ensure maximum industrial flexibility, complementary expertise, optimized time-to-market, and complete quality control at every stage of the product manufacturing process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Innovation serving infant nutrition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Materna\u2019s R&D teams<\/strong> rely on a combined scientific and market-driven approach based on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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pediatric recommendations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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expectations of new generations of parents<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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key trends: juniorization, functionality, indulgence, flexitarianism<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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the baby food expertise within our ecosystem<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

R&D works closely with the Quality & Regulatory teams in order to guarantee: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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safe and progressive textures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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pieces adapted to each stage of child development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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full compliance with infant nutrition regulations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our work on protein sources for young children<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Materna\u2019s R&D<\/strong> explores and masters various protein sources suitable for children\u2019s nutrition<\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n