Specialized Nutrition

Danone has over 125 years of expertise in Specialized Nutrition. We develop pioneering products that support people of all ages with specific nutritional needs, including babies and people with health conditions like cancer or stroke. We also provide services and educational programs to help families, caregivers, patients, and healthcare professionals make informed choices on nutrition and health.

Our Specialized Nutrition category

With decades of research and innovation experience, including over 50 years of breastmilk research, we’re a global leader in baby formula. Our scientific expertise also extends to medical nutrition products for babies, children, and adults with specific nutritional needs due to a disease or health condition.

No.¹

In adult medical nutrition in Europe

No.²

In early life nutrition worldwide

€^8.5bn

Total sales in specialised nutrition in 2023

Our top 3 brands

Our broad portfolio of nutritional solutions contains brands with a strong presence locally, regionally, and globally.

* Top brands refer to full product range

Positively impacting health at critical times in life

Our mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible, including at critical times of our lives such as when we are very young or sick. Our Specialized Nutrition portfolio, encompassing early life nutrition and medical nutrition products, has been developed based on decades of research on the specific nutritional needs of babies and of patients of all ages.

Supporting all feeding journeys

What we eat and drink as babies influences our lifelong health. At Danone, we aim to positively impact maternal and infant health by promoting and protecting breastfeeding. However, we also know breastfeeding is not always possible or the preferred way for parents to feed their baby. We are proud to offer our evidence-based baby formula, which is based on 50 years of advanced breastmilk research, as we continue to foster a supportive environment for all parents, independent of their feeding decisions.

When it comes to marketing our baby formula, we do so responsibly by upholding our global standards and policies, taking action when needed and going the extra mile to support breastfeeding. Find out more about our responsible actions in specialized nutrition below:

Danone Policy for the Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes (BMS) 2018
Living Our Commitment to Responsible Marketing of Baby Formula – Report 2023
External verifications (Gabon, Paraguay, Vietnam)
Danone Health Care system Compliance Policy (HCS)
For full implementation by end of 2025: Danone Baby Formula Marketing Standards

Driving better nutritional outcomes in healthcare

As a health-focused company, we understand the power of nutrition for health and wellbeing. This is equally true when someone falls sick, and eating normally becomes challenging or even impossible.

This is why we are proud to support patients of all ages with our evidence-based medical nutrition solutions: from prematurity, cow’s milk allergy, and growth challenges in early life, to life-long metabolic conditions, and malnutrition due to cancer, stroke, or critical illness in later life. We are dedicated to studying patients’ specific nutritional needs due to diseases or medical conditions, and developing tailored nutritional solutions that help improve their quality of life and support better outcomes in healthcare.

Discover our latest innovations

That support babies, parents, caregivers, patients, and healthcare professionals worldwide.

Almimama

Food supplement for breastfeeding mothers

Aptamil Essensis Stage 3

Baby formula to support babies in China

Fortimel PlantBased Energy

Our 1^st ever plant-based medical nutrition* drink

* Food for Special Medical Purposes, to be used under medical supervision

Almimama
Aptamil Essensis Stage 3
Fortimel PlantBased Energy

Investing in nutrition science and research

At Danone, we have a long-standing heritage of research and innovation, investigating the specific nutritional needs of both babies as well as people with health conditions of all ages. Science continues to be at the very heart of our nutrition and health commitment, which is reflected in the Danone Impact Journey, our sustainability roadmap.

¹⁰⁸

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

in peer-reviewed journals in 2023 in all areas of expertise, including immunity, allergy, and children’s growth

^>50

YEARS

of experience in breastmilk research

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PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

at the leading ESPEN* Medical Nutrition Congress in 2024

*The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism

Investing in nutrition research

Our Specialized Nutrition range

Adult medical nutrition and medical devices

Fortimel

The Fortimel product range includes foods for special medical purposes, which address the nutritional needs of patients with disease-related malnutrition, such as in cancer. Must be used under medical supervision.

Nutrison

The Nutrison tube feeding range includes foods for special medical purposes for patients who cannot eat normally, such as in critical illness. Must be used under medical supervision.

Flocare

The Flocare product range includes enteral feeding support devices, accessories, and support tools for tube feeding. Must be used under medical supervision.

Pediatric medical nutrition

Fortini Junior

The Fortini Junior product range includes foods for special medical purposes for the dietary management of disease-related malnutrition in children from one year of age. Must be used under medical supervision.

Neocate Junior

The Neocate Junior product range includes foods for special medical purposes for the dietary management of severe or complex cow’s milk allergy, multiple food protein allergies, and other indications where an amino acid diet is recommended. Suitable for children from one year onwards. Must be used under medical supervision.

GMPro

The GMPro product range includes foods for special medical purposes for the dietary management of proven phenylketonuria (PKU) in children aged three years onwards and must be used under medical supervision.

Early life nutrition

Aptamil Stage 3

The Aptamil Stage 3 product range is our most advanced baby formula and baby food brand for babies over 12 months, specifically designed to support their healthy growth and development.

Bledina

The Bledina product range is a baby formula and baby food brand for babies over 12 months, specifically designed to support their healthy growth and development.

SGM Eksplor

The SGM Eksplor product range is a baby formula and baby food brand for toddlers, specifically designed to support their healthy growth and development.

For more information on our specialized nutrition range, visit nutricia.com.