Toddlerhood is characterized by intense development. In terms of nutrition, it is a transitional period from an infant to an adult diet and eating habits are built up for life. Therefore, what are the nutritional recommendations? How do parents manage this transition? How valuable are specifically developed products? Find out more in our article concerning the nutritional needs of toddlers.


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Lactalis Ingredients is a global producer and supplier of dairy ingredients, active in more than 100 countries worldwide. We strive to bring together the natural goodness of milk, years of experience and cutting-edge technology to deliver the very best ingredients. We seek out the best possible nutrition and aim to offer innovative solutions with a complete range covering all dairy categories from whey and milk powders to specialised dairy proteins, industrial butters and cheese ingredients.
Lactalis Ingredients brings together the natural goodness of milk, generations of experience and cutting-edge technology to deliver the very best ingredients:
• Highly functional and nutritional whey powders and lactose that provide essential nutrients and functional properties ranging from heat stability to high fluidity.
• All offerings in our extensive range of dairy powders provide a clean dairy flavour, consistent nutrient content and excellent solubility.
• Specialty proteins, such as native whey proteins are premium offerings designed to support consumers, regardless of age or health condition. We also offer high quality whey and milk proteins, a range of heat stable whey proteins, adapted to nutritional or tasty applications.
• Using selected cream, we provide technical butters and anhydrous milk fat which help to achieve the desired functionality, plasticity, or texture in various applications.
• Building upon the Group’s expertise, we have developed a range of industrial cheeses adapted to the specific needs of food applications.

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17 Dec 2018 --- Sachsenmilch Milk & Whey Ingredients (part of the Theo Müller Group) is a leading player in dairy ingredients, focusing on supplying superior quality ingredients to a range of finished products in the sports nutrition, infant nutrition, dairy and food industries. At HiE 2018, the company highlighted the role for innovative ingredients in protein fortification, with a mainstream commercial high protein product under the Müller brand.
Innovative quinoa proteins trend
19 Oct 2018 --- Quinoa proteins are showing an increasing role in sports performance. GreenFood50 develops, produces & supplies innovative quinoa ingredients for tasty, sustainable & healthy food for a growing world population. These quinoa ingredients are produced from low in saponin quinoa seeds cultivated in The Netherlands. The quinoa ingredients are applied in bakery products, sports & active health nutrition, salads, pasta, sauces, beverages, infant nutrition, healthy bars, snacks, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free products. GreenFood50 quinoa ingredients are used on a daily base by the Dutch Olympic training center where around 400 elite athletes prepare themselves for the next Olympics. Marc Arts of GreenFood50 discusses the launch of a protein-rich quinoa flour and trending applications.
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The Launch of an Innovative Human Milk Oligosaccharide
06 Dec 2016 --- FrieslandCampina Domo has recently launched its latest high quality infant nutrition ingredients: Vivinal Milk Fat and Human Milk Oligosaccharides (2’-Fucosyllactose) to meet this need. 2’-FL is a breakthrough innovation for the infant formula industry. Godert Zijlstra of FrieslandCampina Domo says: “Human milk contains 200 or more complex sugar molecules. The most abundant one is 2’-FL, which is a very interesting recently researched compound in breast milk that we can now make available for the infant nutrition B2B ingredient market. It can stimulate the healthy growth of bifidobacteria and it has been heavily researched for its anti-bacterial and anti-viral effects, especially in the area of diarrhea prevention, which is a big risk in infants.”

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