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  • Foreign companies in all sectors looking to expand in Hauts-de-France
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Nutrition

in Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France is an agrifood powerhouse with a particularly rich ecosystem that’s dedicated to improving nutrition and flavor at every opportunity. Our wealth of expertise in this area reflects our unique pool of innovative ingredient developers and suppliers, backed by a world-class team of academic researchers. They meet, mingle and work together within Clubster NHL, a competitiveness cluster recognized by the French government.
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Clubster NHL: driving the nutrition industry
in Hauts-de-France

Human health is shaped by the ecosystem we live in, starting with plants and animals. By adopting this broad vision, we are better able to protect consumer health and well-being by promoting healthy, sustainable food.

#1 NETWORK OF NUTRITION PROFESSIONALS FROM INDUSTRY, RESEARCH AND HEALTHCARE

Clubster NHL focuses on innovation in health and nutrition across Hauts-de-France, in fields ranging from food safety to sustainable development.

  • 360 members, with 80% of businesses
  • 600 researchers
  • 280 projects certified since the creation of the cluster
  • + €215M in funding received
BAYER Decathlon Sports Lab GSK Ingredia Institut Pasteur Lesaffre McCain Roquette

Case study
R&D at NHL

“Being part of the NHL cluster is like being part of a community with discussions and sharing. It allows to stay in touch, to be aware of ongoing topics and to take part in collaborative projects (…). Cluster NHL drives this initiative to make its members benefit from its position in Europe and to make them access their international network”

Jean François Delage, VP Innovation & research from Mc Cain

A reinforced nutrition sector
due to ingredient producers

Hauts-de-France is home to a unique pool of specialists dedicated to developing and producing ingredients:

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Roquette

world leader in plant-based ingredients and new plant-based proteins

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Lesaffre

an industry leader in leavening agents and fermentation

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Ingredia

a pioneer in the development of dairy ingredients

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Cargill

food ingredients and agricultural commodities trading

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Ajinomoto

food and seasoning agents, botanical extracts, amino acid-based products

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Tereos

converts crops into sugar, alcohol and starch

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DSM

enzymes, cultures, probiotics, bio-preservation, sugar reduction and salt substitutes

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Limagrain

grain-based ingredients

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Leroux

leader in chicory root extracts

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Copalis

global supplier of natural marine ingredients

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VF Bioscience

selection and characterization of innovative probiotic strains

Cutting-edge nutrition research
to tackle the issues of the sector

What can our regional research centers do for you? Test your products’ nutritional composition, draw up consumer profiles for eating habits, analyze food safety and more—the very challenges you face in developing and launching all of your new products.

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MAKE THE MOST OF PLANTS WITH EXTRACTIS

 

Extractis is a hub dedicated entirely to extracting and developing plant ingredients for both food and non-food applications, offering innovative, profitable, eco-friendly solutions.

Extractis offers a wide range of skills and services that can help your business—from startup to SME to large corporation—innovate, diversify or address targeted issues, from proof of concept to taking your innovative product to market. The aim in each case is to develop new ways to promote plant applications in all sectors where biomass-derived molecules have a role to play.

 

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LET UNILASALLE HELP DEVELOP YOUR NEW PRODUCTS

Based in Beauvais, UniLasalle operates a lab where the university’s researchers and teachers team up with engineers and technicians to support businesses in the fiercely competitive food industry.

They offer three technical support centers, focusing on:

  1. microbiology and food quality
  2. food preparation
  3. sensory testing

Delivering expertise in:

  • collaborative innovation in farming
  • geoscience research
  • farm machinery
  • agricultural resources
  • and more

 

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GROW YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE WITH PASTEUR INSTITUTE-LILLE

Over its 30-year history, the Nutrition Unit at Pasteur Institute in Lille has built up a formidable store of expertise in product formulation, nutritional audits, health and nutrition claims, and labeling. Secure your company’s own competitive edge in food, diet and nutrition with the help of its multidisciplinary team, which includes medical practitioners, PhDs, nutrition engineers, and diet specialists, drawing on applied research in public health and nutrition, including clinical studies.

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PUT THE LATEST RESEARCH FROM ISA LILLE TO WORK FOR YOU

ISA Lille trains agriculture, agrifood and environmental engineers, and has five research units: Food and Quality, BioGAP, CASE, LGCgE-ISA and Grecat.

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PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE FARMING AND EATING WITH INSTITUT CHARLES VIOLLETTE

Based in Hauts-de-France, Institut Charles Viollette is an agrifood and biotech lab. Its three research teams focus on improving food quality and safety (bio-preservation); adapting to plant stress and varieties​;​ and developing biological, microbial and enzyme-engineering processes​.

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Act now—seize this opportunity to set up in
France’s #1 agrifood exporting region

Learn more about our qualified labor pool, R&D capabilities and getting started in Hauts-de-France.