COMPETENCE HEALTH CENTER

The Competence Center Health & Nutrition facilitates product development, promotes the transfer of technology and fosters innovation. It is an independent entity and acts as a development and service partner for all business units (Beverages, Savory, Sweet and Consumer Health).

A key task is to ensure that research findings and the latest nutrition, health and wellness news are communicated across the business units according to a common vision. The Competence Center Health & Nutrition provides the business units with accumulated knowledge about:

• Market trends and customer needs
• Product safety and regulatory issues
• Food and nutritional science
• Analytical, product and technology development

The scientific expertise of the Competence Center Health & Nutrition is supported by the Scientific Advisory Board which is composed of internationally renowned scientists. The members of the Scientific Advisory Board for Health and Nutrition are Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rogler, Professor for Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the UniversitätsSpital in Zurich, Prof. Dr. Christian Barth, long-standing Scientific Director of the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Noehle, independent scientific consultant (previously CEO of Nordzucker and the Director of Nutritional Science, Food Legislation and Quality Management at Nestlé Germany).