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Affordable nutrition

Our work with affordable nutrition revolves around our collaboration with NGOs, government organisations, knowledge institutions and other companies. The objective is to develop and share new models for sustainable supply chains that improve access to nutrition in low-income countries. Children and young women of childbearing age are in particular focus.

Projects of this nature require a thorough understanding of local contexts and needs and a framework for responsible business conduct. In this way, we can mitigate the risk of causing unintentional harm and ensure a positive impact.

Collaborating for better access to nutrition

Scalable business models

Through our involvement in the GAIN Nordic partnership, we contribute to the development and transfer of sustainable supply chain models for the production of affordable dairy products.

Valorisation of side streams and waste

Post-harvest spoilage of vitamin-rich fruits and side streams from dairy production are major sources of food loss. With our partners, we work to avoid such waste by enabling new supply chains for affordable nutrition.

Malnutrition research

We actively support the World Health Organization’s call for more research into the efficacy of supplementary foods to prevent and treat child undernutrition.

Knowledge transfer to Tanzania

Malnutrition stunts the growth of around 30% of children under five in Tanzania. That’s a situation a local dairy company wants to improve, using the fortified yoghurt standard developed by the GAIN Access to Better Dairy project in Ethiopia.

Building a sustainable business with surplus fruit

Huge volumes of nutritious fruits are lost every year due to post-harvest spoilage. Now a collaborative project in Pakistan is exploring the possibility to use surplus date crops in a dried fruit snack bar for low-income families.

From waste to food in Pakistan

Arla Foods Ingredients is part of a waste-to-food initiative that could transform the dairy industry in Pakistan. Along with GAIN and the SUN Business Network, we’re working with Pakistani cheese dairies to transform whey side streams into a nutritious, affordable drink for children and young women.