NEWS 16 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2023 Hill's Pet Nutrition, one of the global leaders in science-led nutrition, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researcher Dr. Curtis Huttenhower are joining forces to create the One Health Microbiome Resource (OHMR). Not only will the OHMR be the first of its kind, it will also be the largest and most comprehensive reference database of human and companion animal microbiomes, which provides unique opportunities to understand the health of both pets and pet owners. "Because pets are members of the family, many consider their nutrition to be just as crucial as that of our human family members," said Dr. Huttenhower, Professor of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Harvard Chan School and Co-director of the Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center. "The same can be said for their microbial communities. The OHMR provides a new way to improve both human and animal health through nutrition, better environmental exposures, and inter-individual resource sharing on a day-to-day basis. We believe improving a pet's microbiome positively impacts a pet parent's well-being and vice versa." The OHMR includes microbial genomes, companion animal microbial community profiles, Hill's Pet Nutrition and Harvard researcher collaborate to create One Health Microbiome Resource IFF announced the completion of its new North American Creation and Design Center in New Century. The IFF Creative Center brings together the company’s flavor and ingredient expertise with its food design capabilities to better support the growth of the region’s food industry. The infrastructure upgrade includes the addition of two new flavor creation labs, the expansion of existing food application design labs for dairy, bars, culinary, and bakery, and a new lab solely for pet food development. The New Century facility is now the company’s second-largest creative center in North America and houses ten labs, and six stateof-the-art pilot plants, which serve two purposes: – providing better customer support and enhancing innovative product development. “Our capability expansion in New Century provides a significant advantage to our customers,” said Carmen Cain, regional president for IFF’s Nourish division. “By integrating flavors, ingredients, and food design in one space, we can increase our speedto-market while offering a breadth of knowledge and resources across multiple food categories. This investment strengthens our end-to-end IFF PRODUCT DESIGN™ approach in which we reimagine future-proof concepts and experiences by combining our expertise in ingredients and flavors with a deep understanding of consumer behavior.” The two new flavor creation labs – for sweet and savory flavors, respectively – mark the first time flavorists will be based at the New Century facility. The expert flavorists will develop alongside the dairy, bakery, bars, culinary, and pet food product application and design teams. Read more>> IFF expands innovation footprint in North America Creative Center
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