Founded in Normandy (France) in 1986 by Michel Lescanne, agricultural engineer, Nutriset is an independent family business with a single goal from the start: feed vulnerable populations in developing countries and provide humanitarian and health organizations with innovative and effective nutritional solutions.

Acknowledged globally, Nutriset has enabled radical changes in the treatment and the prevention of malnutrition, through research and technological innovations.

With products such as therapeutic milks F-75 and F-100, Plumpy’Nut® (the first RUTF ever designed) or a range of nutritional supplements and preventive products, Nutriset is leading major innovations in the fight against malnutrition.

Nutriset significantly invests in research partnership and in channels of production closer to the needs in order to fulfil its mandate: nutritional autonomy for all.

Over the past 10 years, more than 36 million people have been supported with Nutriset products coming from its factory in Normandy, or from the PlumpyField® network partners, closer to where the needs are.

By setting the founding mandate « nutritional autonomy for all » at the core of their activity, the shareholders of Nutriset clearly express their  will to build a unique socio-economic model with a humanist purpose. This vision has three dimensions: economic responsibility, social responsibility and development responsibility.

The economic responsibility of Nutriset is about  achieving sustainability to fulfil its mission to serve vulnerable populations and to guaranty jobs to its employees. The financial and governance independence Nutriset serves its business management ethics, such as the reinvestment of most of its income to further advance its mandate.

The social responsibility of Nutriset is about the continuous mobilization of its staff to fight malnutrition. Throughout its activities, Nutriset  enables an attractive and participative social management that favors its collaborators and partners.

The development responsibility of Nutriset is about a continuous investment in innovations and a constant support to production initiatives to better respond to the needs, such as the PlumpyField^®network. Nutriset also monitors the environmental impact of its activity.

In 2015, Nutriset shareholders opened the status of the company to include an “Expanded Corporate Purpose”. This move aligns the management of the company with the values of its shareholders within the dynamics of a collective collaborative project. It enables the set-up of innovative modes of governance among all interested parties in the company.