Danone is a leading global food and beverage company operating in three health-focused, fast-growing and on-trend categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition. With a long-standing mission of bringing health through food to as many people as possible, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices while committing to achieve measurable nutritional, social, societal and environment impact. Danone’s ambition is to be B-Corp certified at global level in 2025.
Danone supports the MICROBIOMES4SOY consortium by connecting research with practice and by supplying soil samples from soybean suppliers. With this, research and testing can be done to better understand soil microbiome, and to optimize soybean crop performance.
Microbiome-Informed Dietary Recommendations:
Exploring Human Health Impacts
Moreover, human health is a central theme, with a dedicated objective to investigate the impact of soya-derived protein diets on the human gut microbiome. The project aims to provide microbiome-informed dietary recommendations, contributing valuable insights to the intersection of nutrition and microbiology.