The Danone Institute International gathers a network of 15 Danone Institutes (14 local Institutes and 1 International) around the World. The Danone Institutes are present in 16 countries and gather around 200 experts around the World (nutritionists, pediatricians, gastroenterologists, scientists, sociologists…). All Danone Institutes are non-profit organizations, dedicated to non-commercial activities.
The Danone Institute International, with the support of its global network, undertake specific activities in the field of nutrition research, education and training.
Initiated by Danone in 1997, with the support of the French Medical Research Foundation, the Danone International Prize for Nutrition is part of one of the initiatives undertaken by the Danone Institute International to support the research in nutrition.
The Prize, with an amount of 120 000 euros, has been awarded every two years since 1997 to a scientist conducting outstanding studies in human nutrition. The candidate selection procedure, based on that used for the Nobel Prize, is rigorous, objective and transparent.
The first Danone Institute was established in France in 1991. Since then, Danone Institutes have been established in several other countries around the world with the goal of developing programs which address local public health nutrition issues.
In 2004, Danone Institute International was created to develop large-scale international programs, to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experience between local Danone Institutes and to encourage cooperation and collaboration with the international scientific community.
The mission of the Danone Institutes is to develop knowledge on the links between nutrition, diet and health, and to disseminate that knowledge to the public. To accomplish this, Danone Institutes:
The Danone Institute has no office location in their official webstite. Although The Danone Institute has local Institutes in the following countries: Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Southern Cone, Spain, Turkey and United States
