Kids Nutrition Report is a London-based research, publishing and consulting company which specialises in researching, analysing and forecasting developments in the business of food, nutrition and health around the world

 

    The strategies and success factors we identified in the 1990s have become the benchmarks for strategy development and brand positioning in the worldwide nutrition business.


    We work with companies all around the world, from the United States to Australia and from Sweden to South Africa.


    New Nutrition Business is headed by executive director Julian Mellentin, one of the world’s very few global specialists in the business of food, nutrition and health.

    He is the editor-in-chief of Kids Nutrition Report and New Nutrition Business , the only industry journal in the world on the rapidly developing kids’ nutritional marketplace.

    Julian is co-author of both The Functional Foods Revolution: Healthy people, healthy profits?, the first-ever book on the business of functional foods, now translated into Japanese, and Commercialising Innovation: The Food & Health Marketing Handbook.

    He is frequently interviewed by the world’s media. Examples include:

                   • Wall Street Journal – about flotation of a Norwegian biotech company
                   • The Economist – interviewed about functional foods
                   • Australian Broadcasting Corporation – for a programme about functional foods
                   • BBC World Service – about retailer Iceland’s move into organic foods
                   • The Economist – about Unilever’s takeover of Slim-Fast

    Julian Mellentin is also a sought-after speaker both for industry conferences and private company briefings.

     


    Consultancy services


    Our exclusive focus on the business of food, nutrition and health and our unrivalled knowledge of our sector globally means that we are uniquely positioned to add significant value through a range of services including:


    Strategy consulting: strategic guidance and strategy reviews that allow you to define and analyse your strategic choices.


    Specific executive workshops: insight into the creation of strategic advantages for your business.


    Brand development and positioning: market and strategic analyses to ensure your brand propositions make sense.


    Market overviews and research: enabling companies to identify and validate opportunities.


    Case studies: analyses of particular brands and what key lessons can be applied in your business.

     

    New Nutrition Business - Crown House, 72 Hammersmith Road, London W148TH, UK

    Ph. + 44(0)20 7617 7032 Fax: + 44(0)20 7900 1937 or +44(0)87 1247 5832 Email info@new-nutrition.com

     

 

 Essential Reading

10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition and Health 2010

Each year since 1995, industry expert Julian Mellentin has forecast and analysed the key trends in the business of food, nutrition and health. Independent and opinionated, each of his ten trends includes a short bullet-point summary of the trend and a summary of the key factors that contribute to enduring success. The trends, based on 350-plus interviews with industry executives and illustrated with supermarket sales data, show how brands around the world are already profiting from them ...more


Marketing Kids’ Healthy Beverages: Ten key case studies

In the market for kids’ foods and drinks, it’s in beverages that you will find the most examples of success – and some of the smartest innovations ...more


Failures in Functional Foods & Beverages: And what they reveal about success

The functional foods market is a complex one. Success with a new product or ingredient is rare. This unique 98-page report examines failures by functional brands and ingredients. It sets out the lessons that can be applied by anyone trying to develop an effective strategy for a brand or trying to commercialise nutrition science and offers concise strategies for reducing the risk of failure!..more


Wennström’s Four Factors of Success A simple tool to innovate healthy brands

Wennström’s Four Factors of Success is a unique check-list for new product development and brand analysis that takes the guesswork out of food and health marketing. Developed by brand consultant Peter Wennström, and first used in practice in 1997, this is the first time that this practical, concise and easy-to-follow step-by-step guide has been made available in print...more

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