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Completed COLLABORATIVE R&D UKRI Gateway to Research

Development of a disruptive, UK-made baby milk for launch within the U.S. market

£1.66M GBP

Funder Innovate UK
Recipient Organization Kendal Nutricare Ltd
Country United Kingdom
Start Date Apr 30, 2021
End Date Oct 31, 2022
Duration 549 days
Data Source UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID 106645
Grant Description

Kendal Nutricare (KNC), a rapid-growth and Queens Award winning British family business, is seeking to disrupt the $40-billion per-year global infant-formula market by developing an innovative, British-made baby-milk that is nutritionally-superior, more naturally and sustainably-made and scientifically closer to the gold-standard of breastmilk.

The prototype recipe (code-name 'Kendamil-Gold'), will be developed using a fundamentally innovative formulation that combines novel, natural ingredients with the KNC teams' 500+ years' cumulative expertise in infant nutrition, to provide infants the most nutritionally-complete, environmentally-sustainable baby-milk in the world. This disruptive formulation will be closer to human-milk by incorporating several breastmilk components linked to cognitive development and strengthened immunity in children.

Development of the Kendamil-Gold prototype will comprise an 18 month project involving 24 KNC team members including R&D technicians, food scientists, quality assurance professionals, laboratory technicians, production engineers and senior management, carried out at KNC's world-class, infant-grade, BRC AA-grade production facilities in Kendal, gateway to the English Lake District, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Successful development of a novel, nutritionally-superior baby-milk is estimated to deliver material export revenue, significant re-investment in British agriculture and new local skilled jobs, demonstrating to industry a more ethical, environmentally-friendly standard of manufacturing while reinforcing British R&D and manufacturing excellence on the global stage.

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