Win with nutrition.

Herman Ermens is President of business group Ingredients. One of the market segments within the business group is Medical Nutrition. Medical nutrition is of major importance for patients as it contains carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals that provide the body with the much-needed energy and nutrients for recovery.

“FrieslandCampina has been making ingredients for medical nutrition for decades. Since the creation of the Medical Nutrition unit we have a dedicated team that focuses only on this market. We know that ingredients from milk, especially protein, are very important for the recovery of patients. During the past two years, we talked a lot with our largest customers and producers of medical nutrition in the world. In this way, we gained more insight into their wishes, and the wishes of the end users, and how to fulfil those. Purely by paying more attention to our customers and by looking over their shoulders at the wishes of the patient and caregiver, we realised excellent results in a very short period.”

“Medical nutrition does not limit itself to supplying ingredients. FrieslandCampina is an expert in making delicious dairy products with respect to both taste and texture. We use this knowledge to develop drinks that are as compact as possible: minimum volume with maximum nutrients. FrieslandCampina can distinguish itself with this.”

I see a growing interest not only in medical nutrition but in specialised nutrition. The worldwide demand is not a trend.

“I see a growing interest not only in medical nutrition but in specialised nutrition. The worldwide demand is not a trend; this development is here to stay as consumers are increasingly aware of a healthy diet. This holds for people who are getting older, for athletes or for those living busy lives. Good nutrition increases performance, supports recovery and keeps people healthy for a longer time as the years mount. And we all have one thing in common: we want to stay independent for as long as possible and be able to go our own way. FrieslandCampina plays a role in this.”