Supporting nutrition research The Nestlé Foundation initiates and supports research  in human nutrition with public health relevance in developing countries.

The Nestlé Foundation for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World was founded on the occasion of the centenary of the Nestlé Company in 1966. The Foundation operates independently from the company with the support of an international council of leading scientists.

One of its main objectives is the transfer of nutrition-related scientific and technological knowledge to low-income countries. More foundation-sponsored research projects are realised in collaboration with scientists at local universities and research institutes.

The results of the research projects should ideally provide a basis for implementation and action which will lead to sustainable effects in the studied populations as generally applicable to the population at large.

Recent studies have included research on childhood obesity in Vietnam, the effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation on pregnant mothers and their children in China, the effect of iron fortification of nursery complementary foods in North Korea and the development of solid ready to use therapeutic food (RTUF) in Senegal.