27 Oct 2025 | By Jolanda van Hal
Nutrition Insight speaks with experts at both organizations to explore how they will nurture early-stage ventures from the UC Davis ecosystem, helping them with scientific validation, technical expertise, and strategic insight needed for long-term success.
Eugenia Oton, head of the Nestlé Product Technology Center for Nestlé Health Science, underscores that advancing nutrition innovation requires a collaborative approach.
“By combining UC Davis’s leadership in food and health research with our global expertise in scaling innovation and understanding consumer needs, our collaboration paves the way for innovative, nutrition-based solutions.”
Dr. Justin Siegel, IIFH faculty director and professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Medicine at UC Davis, adds: “Science-driven nutrition innovation is playing a critical role in how we can adapt to meet the changing needs of a global population. UC Davis is pioneering breakthroughs in this space.”
