FOCUS AREA
Growth & Development
Optimal Growth requires optimal nutrition
Growth has to be nurtured.
They may be amazing feats of human engineering, but babies and children need a lot of help in their early days and years.
Nutrition is key, providing building blocks for cognition, protection and a healthy digestive system – all the essentials to grow thriving children the world over.
Why we’ve chosen to focus on this area?
Breast milk is the ultimate personalised food. Its composition is very dynamic and complex - with protein, fat and carbohydrate levels changing over the stages of lactation.
However, when an infant is unable to be breastfed, a suitable alternative needs to be found, especially as early childhood is the most rapid period of development in a human life.
Quality nutrition at this critical stage is essential to enable healthy growth and development.
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Ingredients Supporting Growth and Development
SureStart™ Paediatric Grade Instant or Regular WMP
Paediatric Grade Whole Milk Powder is a soluble powder made by spray drying fresh pasteurised whole milk. This product is available in two variants – regular and instant, both specifically designed for the manufacture of paediatric products. Instant WMP is for manufacturers of paediatric products who are seeking superior functional performance.
SureStart™ Paediatric Grade Instant or Regular SMP
Paediatric Grade Skim milk Powder is a soluble powder made by spray drying fresh pasteurised whole milk. This product is available in two variants – regular and instant, both specifically designed for the manufacture of paediatric products. Instant SMP is for manufacturers of paediatric products who are seeking superior functional performance.
SureStart™ Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) 392
WPC is a spray dried, soluble milk protein manufactured from fresh cheese whey using an ultra-filtration process. Low temperature processing ensures rentention of both nutritional and functional properties.
SureStart™ Demineralised Whey Powder 90% (Demin90)
Demin90 is a spray dried, soluble milk protein manufactured from cheese whey using precipitation, filtration and ion exchange processes. Demin 90 has a low mineral content making it suitable for dry and wet blend infant formula powder.
SureStart™ Edible or Refined Edible Lactose
Edible Lactose is a dairy product manufactured by drying lactose derived from the manufacture of cheese or protein products. Refined Edible Lactose undergoes extra processing through a double crystallising process to achieve higher levels of purity. It can be milled or sieved into a number of mesh grades.
We are actively involved in the Infant Nutrition sector
Fonterra engages in a number of associations in the dairy and infant nutrition sector both locally and globally.
- Fonterra has representatives leading working groups of the International Special Dietary Foods Association (ISDI)
- Fonterra has board representation on the Infant Nutrition Council (ANZ association) and the INC scientific and regulatory technical committe.
- Fonterra is a member of a number of leading local and regional industry associations including the Asia Pacific Infant and Young Child Nutrition Association, and the INC.
- This wide industry engagement allows us to keep up to date with changes in the environment from global policy issues through to new technologies and local regulatory changes.
