In the box!

New generation infant formula: it's in the box!

In early December, the first infant formula products were manufactured as part of the ANR BIFORES project! This project, which began in January 2025, aims to rethink infant formula production processes by combining fermentation and minimal processing in order to simultaneously address the challenges of health, safety, and sustainability for these products.

After several months of developing multi-strain fermented fractions and pre-testing on the STLO's Milk Platform (PFL), the first production trials of “new generation” infant formula took place on the PFL and the BIONOV semi-industrial facility. Several dozen kilograms of powder were produced and packaged, just waiting to be characterized!

This trial involved more than a dozen people from various teams at STLO and BIONOV, as well as manufacturers from the Bba Milk Valley consortium who supplied us with the ingredients for this trial. A big thank you to everyone!

We all got through this busy week of production (with smiles on our faces!)... but will our “boxed-up” probiotic friends say the same?

A group of people wearing white coats pose in a dairy technology laboratory.
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