Nutricia [SEP] parent company
Nutricia
Nutricia is a part of the Danone group that specialises in therapeutic food and clinical nutrition. Products range from infant formula to specialised nutrition for babies with specific needs and for breastfeeding mothers. It also produces and markets special clinical nutrition, diet products and disease-specific nutrition.
History.
"De Stoomzuivelfabriek", the predecessor of Nutricia was born in 1896 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. In 1901 it was renamed to Nutricia. It soon started developing medical nutrition products, and later it entered the baby food market
calcium and phosphorus issues, and pathologic fractures when it is the sole source of an infant or child's nutrition, the company has repeatedly blown off those who suggest that they investigate and address this issue. The company also manufactures Lorenzo's Oil, the treatment for a rare neurological disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) that was featured in the 1992 movie Lorenzo’s Oil with Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte. Nutricia provides Lorenzo’s Oil to patients at cost.
History of the Company.
Nutricia North America, Inc. (formerly